appetence , also: appetency

Then, unable to resist his appetence any longer, he began to devour one of the fruits.

Many began to feel hungry and thirsty, and to voice their appetence aloud.

I don't suppose you ever suspected, back in my stodgy phase, that I had a veritable appetence for such things.

O. Anne E. Rasa, H. Caspers: Appetence for Aggression in juvenile Damsel Fish.

The change is evident, but it is difficult to name many particular alterations, apart from the comparative want of gaiety, of that appetence for mirth, of those infinitesimal jests that caused him at least such enormous merriment.