insatiateadj.
/ɪnˈseɪʃɪət/, U.S. /ᵻnˈseɪʃ(i)ᵻt/ That is not satiated or satisfied; never satisfied, insatiable. Const. of, †for.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adjective] > unsatisfied > insatiable
unfillinga1300
unfillablea1340
unsatiable1382
insatiablea1420
insaturablec1425
unstanchable1426
insatiate1509
unsatiate1528
unsaturable1535
unquenchable1538
unsatisfiable1539
quenchless1557
unpleasable1561
inexpleble1569
slakeless1596
abarstic1623
sateless1628
unexpliable1658
voracious1712
omnivorous1791
unslakable1820
appeaseless1837
unsatable1850
'satiable1900
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) viii. 30 Wyth brennynge love of insaciate fyre Newe thynges to fynde they set theyr desyre.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. H.vj The insaciate couetous men are neuer contente.
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 1709 The wantonnesse Of their insatiat appetite..breeds Offensive humors.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 8 Satan..insatiate to pursue Vain Warr with Heav'n. View more context for this quotation
1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 406 Being insatiate for knowledge, he travell'd all over Greece.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xxxi. 196 Avarice is an insatiate and universal passion.
1848 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad 246 The Trojans are insatiate of battle.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 29 Those who, through their own insatiate desires, are never satisfied.
Derivatives
inˈsatiateness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727).
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