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insatiable, a.|ɪnˈseɪʃɪəb(ə)l|
Forms: 5–6 insacyable, 5–7 -saciable (5 -sessiabyll, 6 -saciabyll), 6– insatiable.
[a. OF. insaciable (13th c.; mod.F. insatiable), or ad. L. insatiābilis, f. in- (in-3) + satiāre to satiate: see -able.]
Not satiable; that cannot be satiated, satisfied, or appeased; that always craves for more; inordinately greedy. Const. of, rarely with.
a1420Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1172 Fy on the, gredynesse insaciable. 1430Lydg. S. Margarete 261 O gredy hounde, lyoun insaciable. 1465Paston Lett. No. 501 II. 180 The dayli contynewyng maleyse of youre insessiabyll enemyes. 1548Hall Chron., Hen. VII 3 b, They dranke the colde water to quenche their importune heate and insaciable thirst. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 383 None but insatiable Beasts or Birds are so affected. 1641Milton Ch. Govt. i. iii, They are so insatiable of antiquity. 1726Swift Gulliver i. viii, My insatiable desire of seeing foreign countries. 1791Cowper Iliad xx. 3 Achilles, glorious Chief Insatiable with war. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. l. 532 Insensible to shame, insatiable of notoriety.
b. fig. Of things.
1529More Suppl. Soulys Wks. 295/2 Gredie golophers he calleth them & insaciable whyrlepoles. 1548Hall Chron., Hen. VI 126 The crie and noyes of this perillous and insaciable warre, was blasted through Europe. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 192 Overswayed by the insatiable gulph of perdition the Devill. 1857H. H. Wilson tr. Rig-veda III. 446 The insatiable goal whence there is no returning. |