appetible

English

Etymology

From Latin appetibilis, from appetere: compare French appétible.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæpətɪbəl/

Adjective

appetible (comparative more appetible, superlative most appetible)

Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.
- 1655, John Bramhall, Vindication of True Liberty:
  my answer doth sufficiently prove that which I intend ; that the rational will hath power , both to slight the most appetible objects, and to control the most unruly passions.

Translations

capable or worthy of being the object of desire

Galician: apetecible (gl), apetecíbel (gl)
Portuguese: apetecível (pt)

References

appetible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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