insatiate
Americanadjective
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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Example Sentences
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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
No fiery dragon in the days of myth Laid waste a land or blasted life with breath More foul or appetite insatiate.
From The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems by Noe, Cotton
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
But that melted heart of his longed for its fellows, and for all whom it knew and loved; it throbbed insatiate in this lonely prison-cell, our life; it yearned to love all humanity.
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
It was, perhaps, the absence of playmates, and the habitual converse with mature minds which, at so early an age, inspired Jane with that insatiate thirst for knowledge which she ever manifested.
From Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages by Various
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