🍽️ A craving 🔥 A strong desire

appetition

9.9

A natural desire to eat or drink

noun
/ˌæpəˈtɪʃən/

Archaic

: apetito

She felt a strong appetition for chocolate cake.

Examples

She felt a sudden appetition for something sweet after dinner.
The doctor explained that a lack of appetition could be a sign of illness.
After the long hike, his appetition for a hearty meal was impossible to ignore.
I have an appetition for ice cream.
After the long hike, his appetition for a hearty meal was impossible to ignore.
She felt a sudden appetition for something sweet after dinner.
I have an appetition for ice cream on warm summer days.

Synonyms

appetite

vsappetition

299 2.1

A desire to eat or to have new experiences

is a bodily craving mainly for food or drink

craving

vsappetition

78 3.7

A very strong desire for things like food or cigarettes

is bodily and usually about hunger for food or drink

appetence

vsappetition

9.9

A strong desire to have or do something

is more physical and tied to hunger or thirst sensations

appetency

vsappetition

9.9

A strong wish to have or try something

is focused on body cravings for food or drink rather than general want

Antonyms

repulsion

3 6.2

A strong feeling of dislike and disgust

satiation

1 6.6

A feeling of being full after eating enough food

How Desirous

craving

78 3.7

to hunger

4 1.2

appetition

Archaic

9.9

appetite

299 2.1

Surface Forms

appetition singular

appetitions plural

Morphology

appetition = appetite (transparent) = appetit + ion

Derived from the familiar noun 'appetite' with the nominal suffix '-ion', and the meaning of desire/craving is retained in the rarer form.

Etymology

Appetition comes from the Latin verb appetere, which means 'to seek' or 'to desire', and it shares the same root as appetite. So an appetition is a natural hunger or craving for food.