appetency
121hunger — [n] appetite for food, other desire ache, appetence, appetency, appetition, a stomach for*, big eyes*, bottomless pit*, craving, desire, emptiness, esurience, eyes for*, famine, famishment, gluttony, greed, greediness, hungriness, longing, lust,… …
122appetence — n. (also appetency) (foll. by for) longing or desire. Etymology: F appeacutetence or L appetentia f. appetere seek after …
123appetent — adjective marked by eager desire a big rich appetent Western city • Similar to: ↑desirous, ↑wishful • Derivationally related forms: ↑appetency, ↑appetence …
124sweet tooth — noun a strong appetite for sweet food • Hypernyms: ↑appetite, ↑appetency, ↑appetence * * * noun Etymology: Middle English swete toth, from swete sweet + toth tooth more at sw …
