Appetibleness

/ˈæpɪtɪbəlnəs/ noun

Definition

The quality or state of being appetible; desirability or the capacity to appeal to appetite.

Etymology

Formed from 'appetible' plus the English suffix '-ness,' which creates abstract nouns from adjectives. Represents the native English way of nominalizing 'appetible' rather than using Latin-derived 'appetibility.'

Kelly Says

This is the English-style equivalent of the Latin-style 'appetibility'—while 'appetibility' sounds scholarly and medieval, 'appetibleness' has that homemade English quality, though both are essentially dead words today.

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