appetency

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There is a literary appetite, which the author can no more impart than the most skilful cook can give an appetency to the guests.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac

He says that tædium vitæ as in the case of Hamlet is due to ‘unchecked appetency of the ideal.’

From More Pages from a Journal by Rutherford, Mark

Intellectualism would make will merely the concluding phase of thought, while voluntarism would reduce thought to one of the interests of a general appetency.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton

These lacteal? ?ave mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Such appetency or bare consciousness is the essential or substantial state of that which appears as physical nature.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton