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
There were no seals visible,—they have retreated before the attacks and stratagems of their insatiate pursuer the seal-hunter, and for a long period have ceased to frequent the island.
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 Philip Freneau
With luxury and pride surrounded, The vile insatiate despots dare, Their thirst for pow'r and gold unbounded To mete and vend the light and air.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by James Edward Parrott
He was an insatiate reader, and his reading covered a surprising range.
From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse
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