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unˈfillable, a. Now rare. (un-1 7 b.)
a1340Hampole Psalter c. 7 Wiþ proude eghe & vnfilabil [L. insatiabili] hert. 1382Wyclif Prov. xxvii. 20 Helle and perdicioun neuere ben fulfild; and the eȝen of men vnfillable. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 27 Ane unfillable gredy appetite. c1475Cath. Angl. 130/2 VnFylabylle, insaciabilis. c1610Women Saints 178 Ouergoing that vnsatiable greedynes of euill, with vnfillable desire of goodnes. 1890Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 Aug. 293 Places which had hitherto seemed unfillable by the pigmies of our later days. |