ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ING2.] Exciting a desire or longing, esp. for food; stimulating or whetting the appetite.

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1653.  Urquhart, Rabelais, II. xxxi. Which he ate up all, he found them so appetizing.

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1733.  Cheyne, Eng. Malady, II. v. § 3 (1734), 158. A Course of innocent, tho’ neither palatable nor appetizing Medicines.

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1856.  Lever, Martins of Cro’ M., 264. A very appetising luncheon was there spread out before them.

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1865.  Reader, 9 Sept., 283/1. The title is appetising; the book has … outward promise.

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