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irascible appetite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
iras-ci-ble ap-petite
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The emotional drive or capacity to overcome difficulties, fight against obstacles, or resist threats; one of the two parts of the appetitive soul in Aristotelian and Thomistic psychology, the other being the concupiscible appetite.

Uncountable

Usage

Antonyms

concupiscible appetite

Questions

What does irascible appetite mean?
The emotional drive or capacity to overcome difficulties, fight against obstacles, or resist threats; one of the two parts of the appetitive soul in Aristotelian and Thomistic psychology, the other being the concupiscible appetite.

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