An archaic or dialectal word for appetite or desire.
From Old French 'appetit,' derived from Latin 'appetitus' (a striving for, desire). This appears to be a shortened or dialectal form of 'appetite' that survives mainly in historical texts.
This short form of 'appetite' is almost extinct, but it shows how English words get trimmed and reshaped—you might find it in Middle English texts or regional dialects where 'appet' shortened the longer 'appetite.'
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