orectic

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛktɪk

Adjective

orectic (comparative more orectic, superlative most orectic)

1. Of or pertaining to desire or appetite
   • 1860, Thomas Laycock, Mind and brain, page 94:

     The desire to know definitely and presciently is also one of the most urgent of the instincts proper of man; it leads him on to the most mystical speculations as to the future, and is the orectic basis of all the arts of divination, as well as of scientific Proleptics or anticipation of the order of nature.

Related terms

• orective
• orexis

Anagrams

• cerotic