appetible

English

Etymology

Latin appetibilis, from appetere: compare French appétible.

Adjective

appetible (comparative more appetible, superlative most appetible)

  1. Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.
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Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for appetible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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