Definition of appetency
- n. - Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving;
an eager appetite.
- n. - Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity
in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in
aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an
organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.
- n. - Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of
inanimate objects.
- n. - Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving;
an eager appetite.
- n. - Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity
in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in
aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an
organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.
- n. - Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of
inanimate objects.