Orectic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Orectic is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to desire or appetite.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to desire or appetite.
Example Sentences
The desire to know definitely and presciently is also one of the most urgent of the instincts proper of man; it leads him on to the most mystical speculations as to the future, and is the orectic basis of all the arts of divination, as well as of scientific Proleptics or anticipation of the order of nature.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include epithymetic, appetitional, desirive, erotic, carnal, erotick.
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