APPETITE
ADJECTIVES
► APPETIZED having appetite for food → 1798 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DAUNCY ► DONCY ► DONSIE ► DONSY ► DOUNSY fastidious; lacking appetite; squeamish → 1805 Amer. dial.
► EATIFIED having an appetite → 1953 Amer. dial.
► EATISH having an appetite; usually used in negative → 1941 Amer. dial.
► ESURINE promoting appetite; inclined to eat; of the appetite: voracious → 1687 obs.
► FAMBLING eating without appetite → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GNIB keen of appetite → 1801 Sc.
► GUT-LED ruled by one’s appetite → 1682
► INAPPETIBLE that awakens no appetite or desire → 1874
► IN RARE FETTLE having a good appetite, in good health → 1896 Eng. dial.
► MEATABLE ► MEAT-YABBLE having a good appetite; hungry → 19C Eng. dial.
► MEAT-HALE having a good appetite; in good health → 1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MELTITH-HALE having a good appetite → 1842 Sc.
► OFF-CHUMP lacking appetite, off one’s food → L19 sl.
► OFF ONE’S FEED having no appetite → 1830 colloq.
► OFF ONE’S FODDER without appetite owing to a temporary or slight illness → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OFF ONE’S MEAT without appetite owing to a temporary or slight illness → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OFF ONE’S STOMACH without appetite owing to a temporary or slight illness → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OFF ONE’S TOMMY without appetite owing to a temporary or slight illness → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OFF ONE’S TUCKER having lost one’s appetite; not eating → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► PENSY of appetite: fastidious, delicate → 1866 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► POLYPHAGIAN relating to excessive appetite or eating → 1825
► POLYPHAGIC characterized by excessive appetite or eating → 1976
► TAMMACHLESS having no appetite, esp. of a child that fusses about its food → 1825 Sc.
► VAIR having no appetite, being fussy or particular about food → 1845
► VOODY having a good appetite → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YAMP having a keen appetite, hungry, peckish → 1904 Sc.
► YAP ► YAUP ► YAWP having a keen appetite, eager or ready to eat, hungry → 1768 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► YAPE having a keen appetite, eager for food, hungry → 1768 Sc.
► YAPPISH having a keen appetite, eager for food, hungry → 1768 Sc.
► YAPPY having a keen appetite, eager for food, hungry → 1916 Sc.
► YAUPISH ► YAWPISH having a keen appetite, eager for food, hungry → 1789 Sc.
► YEVRISOME having an appetite perpetually craving → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
► HEARTLY with good appetite → 1589 obs.
► YAPLY with a keen appetite, hungrily → 1768 Sc.
NOUNS
► APPETY appetite → 1824 Sc.
► CHAMP appetite → L19 sl.
► CHUCK HABIT the increase in appetite that accompanies withdrawal from narcotics or alcohol → 1936 US drug culture sl.
► CHUCKERS an enormous appetite, great hunger → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHUCKS an enormous appetite, great hunger → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► DAMPER something that takes off the edge of appetite → 1804
► DOG APPETITE a voracious or morbidly excessive appetite → 1615 obs.
► DOGGISH APPETITE a ravenous or insatiable appetite → 1620 obs.
► DOG HUNGER a voracious or morbidly excessive appetite → 1605 obs.
► DOG’S HUNGER voracious or excessive appetite → 1592 obs.
► EATING appetite → 1939 Amer. dial.
► EDACITY good appetite; capacity for eating → 1626 chiefly humorous usage
► FARMER’S HEART-ACHE anything betokening a hearty appetite → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAB appetite; the palate, taste → 1766 Sc.
► GABBETS appetite, the palate, taste → 1874 Sc.
► GURGULIO appetite for food → 1630 obs.
► HARRIDGE a sharp edge to one’s appetite → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► INAPPETENCE want of appetite, desire, or longing → 1691
► INAPPETENCY want of appetite, desire, or longing → 1611
► INNER-MAN the appetite → 1889
► MAW appetite → 1887 Amer. dial.
► MEAT-LIST appetite → 1746 Eng. dial.
► PECKER the appetite → M19 sl.
► POLYPHAGY excessive appetite or eating, esp. as a sign or symptom of disease → 1802
► SATURATION complete satisfaction of appetite; satiation → 1554 obs.
► SAULEE satisfaction of appetite; a satisfying meal or quantity of food → 1377 obs.
► SUCTION the craving of appetite → 1615 obs.
► TAKE-AWAY an appetite; a capacity for eating → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TWIST a hearty appetite → 1785 sl.
► VARR appetite, desire for food → 1929 Sc.
► WANTONNESS excessive appetite → 1400 obs.
► WOMB-JOY gratification of the appetite, luxurious fare, belly-cheer → 1388 obs.
► YAP a keen appetite, a gaping with hunger → 1933 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BAD TRENCHER MAN a person not having appetite → 1958 Eng. sl. (Bk.)
► BELLY-SLAVE a person who is a slave to his appetite; a glutton → 1562 obs.
► BOTTOMLESS PIT a person with an insatiable appetite → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
► GANNET-GUT a person with a voracious appetite → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GARGANTUA a person with an insatiable appetite → 1922 (Bk.)
► GASTROPHILANTHROPIST a benevolent purveyor for the appetites of others → 1814
► GRAMMAW a greedy person; one having an insatiable appetite → 1825 Sc.
► HECKLER a person with a good appetite; a good eater → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MIMMOCK a person with a dainty and fastidious appetite or manner → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MINCER a person who lacks an appetite; one who eats sparingly or daintily → 1965 Amer. dial.
► NOSHER a person with a large appetite; someone with a love of food → 1917 colloq.
► PECKER the appetite → M19 sl.
► PINGLER a person who has little appetite for food or drink → 1599 Eng. dial.
► WOLFER a man with a large appetite → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► BELLY GO LAKE THEE indulge thy appetite, take thy fill → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► BASH to fall off in appetite; to become sickly → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BE A MAN OF ONE’S MEAT to have a healthy appetite → 1891 Sc.
► EAT LIKE A HORSE to have a very large appetite; to eat ravenously → 1707 sl.
► FALL FROM ONE’S MEAT to lose appetite → 1895 Eng. dial.
► HAVE A GOOD STROKE to have a hearty appetite → 1699 obs.
► HAVE A GOOD STROKE AT EATING vb. to have a hearty appetite → 1699 obs.
► MIMMOCK to have a poor appetite; to play with one’s food → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MIPE to have no appetite for food; to be fastidious or dainty in eating → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MIPUS to have no appetite for food; to be fastidious or dainty in eating → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PULE to have no appetite → M16 obs. exc. Sc., literary usage
► SUBVERT to upset the appetite or stomach → 1620 obs.
► SUFFICE to satisfy the appetite, to provide enough food for → 1450 obs.
► THORN to satisfy one’s appetite; to eat heartily → 1808 Sc. obs.
► VARR to have appetite for, usually in negative expressions → 1929 Sc.