insatiate

[ in-sey-shee-it ]

/ ɪnˈseɪ ʃi ɪt /

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adjective

insatiable: insatiate greed.

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Origin of insatiate

First recorded in 1500–10, insatiate is from the Latin word insatiātus not filled. See in-³, satiate

in·sa·ti·ate·ly, adverbin·sa·ti·ate·ness, in·sa·ti·e·ty

[in-suh-tahy-i-tee, in-sey-shi-tee, -sey-shee-i-], /ˌɪn səˈtaɪ ɪ ti, ɪnˈseɪ ʃɪ ti, -ˈseɪ ʃi ɪ-/, noun

Her thirst for knowledge was insatiate, and with untiring assiduity she pursued her studies.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
The tiger, on the contrary, though glutted with carnage, has still an insatiate thirst for blood; his rancour has no intervals.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
But the great thing was their insatiate appetites, for it is a homely truth that there is no sauce like hunger.
Two Boys in Wyoming|Edward S. Ellis
Ghirlandajo was an insatiate worker, and expressed a wish that he had the entire circuit of the walls of Florence to paint upon.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various

Craving for information was universal and insatiate; if only Napoleon himself would speak!
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane