1. An instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink. 2. A strong wish or urge: an appetite for learning.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English apetit, from Old French, from Latin appettus, strong desire, from past participle of appetere, to strive after : ad-, ad- + petere, to seek; see pet- in Appendix I.
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