Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

appetitiveness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ap-pet-i-tive-ness
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fact or quality of being appetitive.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Trilling is wonderful on Keats's appetitiveness and its connection to the maternal, but his essay has a psychological inconsistency approaching incoherence."
"To this extent, the appetitiveness of human sexuality is unlike the appetitiveness of hunger and thirst."

Etymology

From appetitive + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: appetitive

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does appetitiveness mean?: The fact or quality of being appetitive.
Where does appetitiveness come from?: From appetitive + -ness.

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