Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
appetitive is an adjective meaning "of or relating to appetite". It carries one recorded sense.
of or relating to appetite
“appetitive needs”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for appetitive come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.