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epithymetic, a.|ˌɛpɪθɪˈmɛtɪk|
Also 7 epithumetik(e, 9 -ic.
[ad. Gr. ἐπιθυµητικ-ός, f. ἐπιθυµέειν to desire, f. ἐπί upon + θῡµός soul, appetite.]
Connected with desire or appetite.
1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature xiii. §1. 175 No faculty of the Soule so represents Gods Infinite, as that which Philosophy calls Epithumetike; the burning appetite, or desire of the Soule. 1822T. Taylor Apuleius 357 Receptacles of the epithymetic part. 1885J. Martineau Eth. Theory I. 77 The lowest (or epithumetic) part of human nature.
Hence † epithyˈmetical, a. Obs. in same sense.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xxi. §13. 267 By the girdle the heart and parts which God requires are devided from the inferiour and epithumeticall organs. 1847in Craig. |