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.