English Explanatory Dictionary

wet someone's appetite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Eggcorn of whet someone's appetite

Word forms

wet someone's appetite wets someone's appetite wetting someone's appetite wetted someone's appetite

Etymology

Due to the rarity of whet (“to sharpen a knife; (figurative) to stimulate”) and an association of wet (“to make wet”) with salivating.

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