单词 | appetible |
释义 | appetibleadj.n. A. adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] appetible1471 inclinary1628 inclinational1821 tendential1847 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 1 Kynd to kynde hath appetyble inclynacyon. 2. Worthy of being sought after, desirable. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > desirable yearninglyOE desiderablea1340 desirablea1382 desirefulc1384 dainteousc1386 fairc1410 desirous1430 expetible1569 lustful?1610 appetible1622 desiderate1640 honeysuckle1660 deligible1680 wantable1886 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 307 Such Graces are Appetible in their owne nature. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. vi. 77 The appetible object, which moveth the appetite. 1847 Blackwood's Mag. 61 589 The appetible fruit. An object of desire. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun] > object of desire willeOE desire1340 appetitec1386 flight1530 optative1605 catch1609 desiderate1640 desirable1645 desideratuma1651 eligible1656 appetible1715 lookout1795 desideration1836 ooh-ah1957 1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 216 Sufficient to draw forth, and determine the Actings of it [sc. the Will], unless there interpose some stronger Appetibile. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1471 |
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