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insatiate

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[in-sey-shee-it] / ɪnˈseɪ ʃi ɪt /

adjective

  1. insatiable.

    insatiate greed.


Other Word Forms

  • insatiately adverb
  • insatiateness noun
  • insatiety noun

Etymology

Origin of insatiate

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

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Then on to the insatiate facts: one family in five had $3,000 to spend in 1932, the average weekly wage of factory workers was $16.21, the cost of a Chevy was $445, etc.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are not insatiate, they would perhaps be contented with a far more moderate lot.

From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

This antique dome the insatiate tooth of time Now level with the dust has almost laid;— Yet ere 'tis gone, I seize my humble theme From these low ruins, that his years have made.

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Freneau, Philip

They protested that his habitual dignified reserve was the result of a deep scheme, and that his ambition was of the most insatiate and the boldest kind.

From The Village Notary by E?tv?s, J?zsef

The very thought enraged him, and an insatiate desire to conquer these conditions and make himself necessary to her happiness took possession of him.

From The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.