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† iˈnexpleble, a. Obs.
Also erron. inexpleable.
[ad. L. inexplēbilis, f. in- (in-3) + *explēbilis, f. explēre to fill up: see explete v.]
That cannot be filled or satisfied; insatiable.
1569Newton Cicero's Olde Age 16 b, Which with such earnest sedulitie and inexpleble greediness I learned or rather snatched unto me. 1656Stanley Hist. Philos. viii. (1701) 322/2 An inexpleble desire of that which we want. 1788D. Gilson Serm. 507 That inexpleable desire after what is good and lovely.
Hence † iˈnexplebly (erron. inexpleably) [cf. late L. inexplēbiliter (Prosper)], insatiably.
1615G. Sandys Trav. 9 What were these Harpyes, but flatterers, delators, and the inexpleably covetous? |