unfillableadj.
Now rare.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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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
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > made full > able to be > not able to be
unfillable1890
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter c. 7 Wiþ proude eghe & vnfilabil [L. insatiabili] hert.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxvii. 20 Helle and perdicioun neuere ben fulfild; and the eȝen of men vnfillable.
c1475 Cath. Angl. 130/2 VnFylabylle, insaciabilis.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 26 Ane vnfillable gredy appetite.
c1610–15 tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Life St. Nonna in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 178 Ouergoing that vnsatiable greedynes of euill, with vnfillable desire of goodnes.
1890 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 Aug. 293 Places which had hitherto seemed unfillable by the pigmies of our later days.
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