appetible, a. and n.
(ˈæpɪtɪb(ə)l)
[ad. L. appetībil-is desirable, f. appetĕre: see appete and -ble.]
A. adj.
† 1. Having appetite or affinity; attractive. Obs.
| 1471 Ripley Comp. Alch. in Ashm. (1652) 1, Kynd to kynde hath appetyble inclynacyon. |
2. Worthy of being sought after, desirable.
| 1622 Mabbe Aleman's Guzman D' Alf. ii. 307 Such Graces are Appetible in their owne nature. 1660 Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 259/2 The Appetible Object, which moveth the Appetite. 1847 Blackw. Mag. LXI. 589 The appetible fruit. |
† B. n. An object of desire. Obs.
| a 1716 South Serm. IV. v. (R.) Sufficient to draw forth, and determine the actings of it [the will], unless there interpose some stronger appetible. |