insatiate
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of insatiate
First recorded in 1500–10, insatiate is from the Latin word insatiātus not filled. See in- 3, satiate
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John Marston: wrote Antonio and Mellida, 1602; Antonio's Revenge, 1602; Sophonisba, a Wonder of Women, 1606; The Insatiate Countess, 1603, and many other plays.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry
Insatiate thirst for knowledge, and boundless affection for Adrian, combined to keep both my heart and understanding occupied, and I was consequently happy.
From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Insatiate Countess, a Tragedy, acted at White-Fryars, printed in Quarto 1603, under the title of Isabella the insatiable countess of Suevia.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. by Cibber, Theophilus
What shore can hide me, or what distance shield, If by my cruel exile yet untamed Insatiate Envy finds me here concealed?
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
Of Eastward Ho! we have already spoken, and it is by no means certain that The Insatiate Countess is Marston's.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George
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