insatiate

[ in-sey-shee-it ]

/ ɪnˈseɪ ʃi ɪt /

insatiable: insatiate greed.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1500–10, insatiate is from the Latin word insatiātus not filled. See in-³, satiate

in·sa·ti·ate·ly, adverbin·sa·ti·ate·ness, in·sa·ti·e·ty

[in-suh-tahy-i-tee, in-sey-shi-tee, -sey-shee-i-] /ˌɪn səˈtaɪ ɪ ti, ɪnˈseɪ ʃɪ ti, -ˈseɪ ʃi ɪ-/, noun

This year, which attests their insatiate love of wealth and power, quenches the flame upon the altar.
Life Without and Life Within|Margaret Fuller
Her insatiate vanity would have been ludicrous, if it had not produced such atrocious consequences.
The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2)|Anna Jameson
Have a heart, Twas a shee devill too, a most insatiate Abominable devill with a taile Thus long.
The Lady of Pleasure|James Shirley
I too, like all the rest, am insatiate of riches, only in one respect I fancy I am different.
Cyropaedia|Xenophon

To this trio everybody in the court possessed of sixpence has an insatiate desire to exhibit hospitality in a liquid form.
Bleak House|Charles Dickens