Insatiate

//ɪnˈseɪ.ʃɪət// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That is not satiated; insatiable. archaic, literary

    "Light vanitie inſatiate cormorant, / Conſuming meanes ſoone praies vpon it selfe: […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    impossible to satisfy wordnet

Synonyms

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acquisitiveavariciousavidbottomlessdevouringgobbling

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"Doomed to devouring love, the hapless queen / burns as she gazes, with insatiate fire, / charmed by his presents and his youthful mien."

Etymology

From Late Middle English insaciate, insaciat, insacyate (“insatiable”), from Latin insatiātus, from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + satiātus (“satisfied; having been satisfied”) (perfect passive participle of satiō (“to satisfy”), from satis (“enough; filled; plenty”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)).

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