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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

appetiteless en · ADJ

Etymology

From appetite + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Devoid of appetite.
    • 1911, Saki (H H Munro), Filboid Studge, the Story of a Mouse That Helped "You haven't eaten your Filboid Studge!" would be screamed at the appetiteless clerk as he hurried weariedly from the breakfast-table, and his evening meal would be prefaced by a warmed-up mess which would be explained as "your Filboid Studge that you didn't eat this morning."

Deriveds

appetitelessness

Translations (6)

pl bez apetytu (Translations) · hu étvágytalan (Translations) · az iştahasız (Translations) · de appetitlos (Translations) · fi ruokahaluton (Translations) · ro fără poftă de mâncare (Translations)