Fondness for good fare; gen. keen appetite or desire. Const. of, after, infinitive with to. Also, lecherousness.

figurative. Eager desire to get or keep for oneself.

Ardent desire, extreme eagerness, greediness.

Ardent or eager desire to obtain a result, pursue a course of action, etc.; desire or longing for something. Also as a count noun: a wish, a…

Keenness of appetite or desire; impatient haste to do or obtain something; enthusiasm. With for (also †of) the thing desired, or followed by…

Excessive longing or desire in general; eager longing; eagerness, keenness.

Strong desire or concern for something to happen or to do something; an instance of this.

Love of good fare; gen. keen appetite or desire.

The act of gaping after, or desiring greedily.

The fact or state of earnestly desiring.