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appetent

Adjective CEFR B2
ˈæpətənt

Definitions

Eagerly desirous; greedy.

archaic

Equivalents

Portuguêsapetente

Examples

“knowing the Earle to be thirsty and Appetent after Glory and Renownie”
“During this first winter Thea got no city consciousness. Chicago was simply a wilderness through which one had to find⟳ one's way. She felt no interest⟳ in the general briskness and zest of the crowds. The crash⟳ and scramble of that big, rich, appetent Western city she did not take⟳ in at all, except to notice⟳ that the noise of the drays and street-cars tired her.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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