inappeasable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of inappeasable
First recorded in 1830–40; in- 3 + appeasable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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It is no wonder that so inappeasable a lover of justice should commend that virtue above all others to his son.
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Inappeasable, in-ap-pēz′a-bl, adj. that cannot be appeased.
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Yet out of each wayward softness of voice, And each fulness of breast, And each flute-throated echo of song, Each flutter of lace and quest of beautiful things, Each coil of entangling hair built into its crown, Each whisper and touch in the silence of night, Each red unreasoning mouth that is lifted to mouth, Each whiteness of brow that is furrowed no more with thought, Each careless soft curve of lips that can never explain, Arises the old and the inappeasable cry!
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An instant later the party was feeding itself into the inappeasable hopper of the revolving door, and so disappeared.
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She was never weary of hearing the child praised: her appetite for compliments was inappeasable.
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