Appetite, 1) desire of food: “to make our --s more keen,” Sonn. 118, 1. 56, 2. 147, 4. Meas. I, 3, 52. Ado II, 3, 247. Merch. II, 6, 9. Tw. I, 5, 98. Wint. II, 3, 16. R2 I, 3, 296. H4B II, 2, 11. H5 V, 1, 27. H8 III, 2, 203. Troil. III, 3, 238. Cor. I, 1, 182. Rom. II, 6, 13. Caes. I, 2, 306. Mcb. III, 4, 38. Lr. I, 1, 120. Ant. II, 1, 25. Cymb. III, 6, 37. dry a. == thirst, Tit. III, 1, 14. This fundamental notion is in most cases retained, when the word indicates desire in general: that surfeiting the a. (i.e. the desire of hearing music) “may sicken,” Tw. I, 1, 3. II, 4, 100. Sonn. 110, 10. Troil. I, 3, 120. Cor. I, 1, 107.
2) Sensual desire: Lucr. 546. Wiv. I, 3, 73. Meas. II, 4, 176. Troil. II, 2, 181. Oth. III, 3, 270. Especially carnal lust: Ven. 34. Lucr. 9. Compl. 166. Meas. II, 4, 161. R3 III, 5, 81. Hml. I, 2, 144. Lr. IV, 6, 125. Oth. I, 3, 263. II, 1, 231. Ant. II, 2, 242. Cymb. I, 6, 43.
3) Caprice: “as her a. shall play the god with his weak function,” Oth. II, 3, 353. Will: “dexterity so obeying a.” Troil. V, 5, 27.
Plural “--s:” Sonn. 118, 1. H5 V, 1, 27 (Fluellen). Troil. II, 2, 181. Oth. III, 3, 270. Ant. II, 2, 242.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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