[ap.pe.tite] n [ME apetit, fr. MF, fr. L appetitus, fr. appetere to strive after, fr. ad- + petere to go to--more at feather] (14c) 1: any of the instinctive desires necessary to keep up organic life; esp: the desire to eat
2. a: an inherent craving "an insatiable ~ for work" b: taste, preference "the cultural ~s of the time --J. D. Hart" -- ap.pe.ti.tive adj