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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Barksted is believed to have completed The Insatiate Countess after Marston's withdrawal from the stage in 1608 or 1609.
From Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) by Miller, Paul William
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
A more eccentric, uneven, and incomposite piece of work than "The Insatiate Countess" it would be difficult to find in English or in other literature.
From The Age of Shakespeare by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
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
Answer me then, thou ocean deep, Insatiate gulf of things gone by, In thy green halls does the hero sleep?
From The Poetry of Wales by Jenkins, John
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