inappeasable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of inappeasable
First recorded in 1830–40; in- 3 + appeasable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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An instant later the party was feeding itself into the inappeasable hopper of the revolving door, and so disappeared.
From Joan Thursday by Louis Joseph Vance
Worse than the home-sickness of that sad time, was the never-ceasing pain, made up of sorrow for the dead, and inappeasable longing for the presence of the living.
From Janet's Love and Service by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
This intelligence threw him into silence, and again her eyes fed upon his firelit face with inappeasable hunger.
From Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame by James Lane Allen
Neither during the bath nor immediately after it should cold water be drunk, and if there is an inappeasable thirst a little wine and water or water and honey should be taken.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh
In his former journey he acquired an inappeasable relish for his dreadful food.
From Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens
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