appetent

See also: appétent and appètent

English

Etymology

Latin appetēns, present participle of appetō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæpətənt/

Adjective

appetent (comparative more appetent, superlative most appetent)

  1. (archaic) eagerly desirous
    • 1619, George Buck, The History of King Richard the Third
      knowing the Earle to be thirsty and Appetent after Glory and Renownie

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for appetent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Latin

Verb

appetent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of appetō
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