What is "appetit"

Usage examples of "appetit".

For in his huntyng hath he swich delit That it is al his joye and appetit To been hymself the grete hertes bane- For after Mars he serveth now Dyane.

For God so wys be my savacioun, I ne loved nevere by no discrecioun, But evere folwede myn appetit, Al were he short, or long, or blak, or whit.

Lat take a cat, and fostre hym wel with milk, And tendre flessh, and make his couche of silk, And lat hym seen a mous go by the wal, Anon he weyveth milk and flessh and al, And every deyntee that is in that hous, Swich appetit he hath to ete a mous.

Lo, heere hath lust his dominacioun, And appetit fleemeth discrecioun.

Alle thise ensamples speke I by thise men, That been untrewe, and no thyng by wommen, For men han evere a likerous appetit On lower thyng to parfourne hire delit, Than on hire wyves, be they nevere so faire, Ne nevere so trewe, ne so debonaire.

Ostermann und seinen Leuten war der Appetit vergangen, nicht jedoch ihren Gästen.