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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Instantly Mr. Cox exclaimed: "Insatiate Archer, would not one suffice?"
From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)
Thus, on deceitful Etna's flow'ry side, Unfading verdure glads the roving eye; While secret flames, with unextinguish'd rage, Insatiate on her wasted entrails prey, And melt her treach'rous beauties into ruin.
From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel
John Marston: wrote Antonio and Mellida, 1602; Antonio's Revenge, 1602; Sophonisba, a Wonder of Women, 1606; The Insatiate Countess, 1603, and many other plays.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry
A more eccentric, uneven, and incomposite piece of work than "The Insatiate Countess" it would be difficult to find in English or in other literature.
From The Age of Shakespeare by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Man's wants unnumbered and unsatisfied, And multiplied at every onward step— Insatiate as the cavernous maw of time.
From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Gordon, Hanford Lennox
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