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
This year, which attests their insatiate love of wealth and power, quenches the flame upon the altar.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller
But the cunning of a man crazed by his insatiate appetite outwits them; and over and over the turbid roll of his speech—with flashing splendors in it, that give no light—betrays him.
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Donald G. Mitchell
She was insatiate, nothing but sleep subdued her eager brain.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Hamlin Garland
For, as Gemmel's hand was strong and his love passionate, so was his jealousy keen and his revenge insatiate.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
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