"orectic" meaning in All languages combined

See orectic on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more orectic [comparative], most orectic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛktɪk Head templates: {{en-adj}} orectic (comparative more orectic, superlative most orectic)
  1. Of or pertaining to desire or appetite Related terms: orective, orexis
    Sense id: en-orectic-en-adj-kwPaYLGb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1860, Thomas Laycock, Mind and brain, page 94:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "word": "orective"
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