appetible

English

Etymology

From Latin appetibilis, from appetere: compare French appétible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæpətɪbəl/

Adjective

appetible (comparative more appetible, superlative most appetible)

1. Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.
   • 1655, John Bramhall, Vindication of True Liberty:

     my answer doth sufficiently prove that which I intend ; that the rational will hath power , both to slight the most appetible objects, and to control the most unruly passions.

Derived terms

• appetibleness

 

Translations

capable or worthy of being the object of desire

• Galician: apetecible (gl), apetecíbel (gl)
• Portuguese: apetecível (pt)

References

• “appetible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.