- Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving;
an eager appetite. - Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity
in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in
aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an
organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism. - Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of
inanimate objects.
Meaning of 'Appetency' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . appetency
[ n]
Meaning (1): - a feeling of craving something
Example in sentence:
an appetite for life;
the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible