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appealing
[appealing 词源字典]
mid-15c. as a noun, "action of petitioning a higher court or authority," verbal noun from
appeal
(v.). Adjectival sense of "attractive" attested by 1892. Related:
Appealingly
.
[appealing etymology, appealing origin, 英语词源]