appetitive

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English

Etymology

From appetite +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæp.ə.taɪ.tɪv/

Adjective

appetitive (comparative more appetitive, superlative most appetitive)

Having the quality of desiring gratification.
appetitive behaviour

appetitive signals
- 1988 December 11, Tim Walton, “The Novel That Puts Gay Male Liberation — Through Sex — To The Test”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 9:
  This is a novel that puts gay liberation to the test. It places before us the complex reality of a life of appetitive, atomistic sexuality. It calls into question all the optimism we ever felt about the liberating potential of free sexual expression, in particular, its redemptive potential for rich, white men.

Derived terms

Translations

desiring

German: verlangend (de), begierend
Italian: appetitivo

References

“appetitive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ap.pe.tiˈti.ve/
Rhymes: -ive
Hyphenation: ap‧pe‧ti‧tì‧ve

Adjective

appetitive

feminine plural of appetitivo

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ap.pe.tiːˈtiː.u̯e/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.pe.tiˈti.ve/,

Adjective

appetītīve

vocative masculine singular of appetītīvus

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