insatiable

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

/ ɪnˈseɪ ʃə bəl, -ʃi ə- /

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adjective

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

RELATED WORDS

rapacity, esurience, insatiableness

Nearby words

Origin of insatiable

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

SYNONYMS FOR insatiable

voracious, unquenchable, bottomless.

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

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Examples from the Web for insatiability

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This insatiability must appear to the observer an inner impulse of the organism, an effort towards increase of nourishment.
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His predominant quality is a passion 237 for the terrible, a kind of insatiability for wild and violent action.
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British Dictionary definitions for insatiability

insatiable

insatiate (ɪnˈseɪʃɪɪt)

/ (ɪnˈseɪʃəbəl, -ʃɪə-) /

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

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.