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English
Etymology
From appetite + -less.
Adjective
appetiteless (not comparable)
- Devoid of appetite.
- 1911, Saki (H H Munro), Filboid Studge, the Story of a Mouse That Helped
- "You haven't eaten your Filboid Studge!" would be screamed at the appetiteless clerk as he hurried weariedly from the breakfast-table, and his evening meal would be prefaced by a warmed-up mess which would be explained as "your Filboid Studge that you didn't eat this morning."
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