insatiateadj.

Brit.

/ɪnˈseɪʃɪət/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈseɪʃ(i)ᵻt/

Forms: Also 1500s insaciate, insacyate, 1600s insatiat.

Etymology: < Latin insatiātus (Statius), < in- (in- prefix⁴) + satiātus , past participle of satiāre to satiate v.

That is not satiated or satisfied; never satisfied, insatiable. Const. of, †for.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adjective] > unsatisfied > insatiable

unfillinga1300

unfillablea1340

unsatiable1382

insatiablea1420

insaturablec1425

unstanchable1426

insatiate1509

unsatiate1528

unsaturable1535

unquenchable1538

unsatisfiable1539

quenchless1557

unpleasable1561

inexpleble1569

slakeless1596

abarstic1623

sateless1628

unexpliable1658

voracious1712

omnivorous1791

unslakable1820

appeaseless1837

unsatable1850

'satiable1900

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) viii. 30 Wyth brennynge love of insaciate fyre Newe thynges to fynde they set theyr desyre.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. H.vj The insaciate couetous men are neuer contente.

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 1709 The wantonnesse Of their insatiat appetite..breeds Offensive humors.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 8 Satan..insatiate to pursue Vain Warr with Heav'n.

1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 406 Being insatiate for knowledge, he travell'd all over Greece.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xxxi. 196 Avarice is an insatiate and universal passion.

1848 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad 246 The Trojans are insatiate of battle.

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 29 Those who, through their own insatiate desires, are never satisfied.

figurative.1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iii. iii. sig. F3 Euen like insatiate hell, still crying; More.

Derivatives

inˈsatiateness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	insatiate
释义	insatiateadj. Brit. /ɪnˈseɪʃɪət/, U.S. /ᵻnˈseɪʃ(i)ᵻt/ Forms: Also 1500s insaciate, insacyate, 1600s insatiat. Etymology: < Latin insatiātus (Statius), < in- (in- prefix⁴) + satiātus , past participle of satiāre to satiate v. That is not satiated or satisfied; never satisfied, insatiable. Const. of, †for. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adjective] > unsatisfied > insatiable unfillinga1300 unfillablea1340 unsatiable1382 insatiablea1420 insaturablec1425 unstanchable1426 insatiate1509 unsatiate1528 unsaturable1535 unquenchable1538 unsatisfiable1539 quenchless1557 unpleasable1561 inexpleble1569 slakeless1596 abarstic1623 sateless1628 unexpliable1658 voracious1712 omnivorous1791 unslakable1820 appeaseless1837 unsatable1850 'satiable1900 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) viii. 30 Wyth brennynge love of insaciate fyre Newe thynges to fynde they set theyr desyre. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. H.vj The insaciate couetous men are neuer contente. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 1709 The wantonnesse Of their insatiat appetite..breeds Offensive humors. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 8 Satan..insatiate to pursue Vain Warr with Heav'n. View more context for this quotation 1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 406 Being insatiate for knowledge, he travell'd all over Greece. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xxxi. 196 Avarice is an insatiate and universal passion. 1848 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad 246 The Trojans are insatiate of battle. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 29 Those who, through their own insatiate desires, are never satisfied. figurative.1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iii. iii. sig. F3 Euen like insatiate hell, still crying; More. Derivatives inˈsatiateness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1509
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