insatiable

[in-sey-shuh-buhl, -shee-uh-]

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adjective

not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.

Origin of insatiable

1400–50; late Middle English insaciable < Latin insatiābilis; see in-³, satiable

Related formsin·sa·tia·bil·i·ty, in·sa·tia·ble·ness, nounin·sa·tia·bly, adverb

Synonyms for insatiable

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voracious, unquenchable, bottomless.

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Related Words for insatiability

rapacity, esurience, insatiableness

Examples from the Web for insatiability

Contemporary Examples of insatiability

But the prevailing emotion that day, even among us awardees, was a bemused sense of boredom, restlessness and insatiability.
The Medal of Honor Disgrace
Brian Van Reet
March 26, 2014

Historical Examples of insatiability

This insatiability must appear to the observer an inner impulse of the organism, an effort towards increase of nourishment.
A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution
C. M. Williams
The idea of insatiability is advanced by Lewes in a somewhat different form.
A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution
C. M. Williams
He has given too much explanation, not too little, for his mind has an insatiability for reasons.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879
Various
Young people flitting about in droves driven by insatiability and their peculiar disease, leisure and unapplied brains.
Under the Law
Edwina Stanton Babcock
His predominant quality is a passion 237 for the terrible, a kind of insatiability for wild and violent action.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)
Richard Muther

British Dictionary definitions for insatiability

insatiable

insatiate (ɪnˈseɪʃɪɪt)

adjective

not able to be satisfied or satiated; greedy or unappeasable

Derived Formsinsatiability, insatiableness or insatiateness, nouninsatiably or insatiately, adverb

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Word Origin and History for insatiability

1650s, from Late Latin insatiabilitas, from insatiabilis (see insatiable).

insatiable

adj.

early 15c., insaciable, from Old French insaciable (13c.), or directly from Late Latin insatiabilis "not to be satisfied," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + satiabilis, from satiare (see satiate). Related: Insatiably.