insatiate
Americanadjective
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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 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 fierce, insatiate craving for this moment, that had filled her heart ever since she first saw Peter Gross until it tainted every drop of blood, now raced through her veins like vitriol.
From The Argus Pheasant by Beecham, John Charles
Upon such trifles will envy condescend to feed its insatiate appetite.
From Samboe; or, The African Boy by Hedge, Mary Ann
How many of the insatiate devourers of fiction who feed voraciously on the paper-covered volumes of the news-stand have ever heard of the Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph for example?
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Matthews, Brander
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