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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
in·sa·tia·ble       [in-sey-shuh-buhl, -shee-uh-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME insaciable < L insatiābilis; see in-3, satiable]

—Related forms
in·sa·tia·bil·i·ty, in·sa·tia·ble·ness, noun
in·sa·tia·bly, adverb

—Synonyms voracious, unquenchable, bottomless.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
in·sa·tia·ble       (ĭn-sā'shə-bəl, -shē-ə-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Impossible to satiate or satisfy: an insatiable appetite; an insatiable hunger for knowledge.


[Middle English insaciable, from Old French, from Latin īnsatiābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + satiāre, to fill; see satiate.]

in·sa'tia·bil'i·ty, in·sa'tia·ble·ness n., in·sa'tia·bly adv.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
insatiable 
c.1420, from L.L. insatiabilis, from in- "not" + satiabilis (see satiate (v.)).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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insatiable

adjective
impossible to satisfy; "an insatiate appetite"; "an insatiable demand for old buildings to restore"; "his passion for work was unsatiable" [syn: insatiate] [ant: satiate] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Insatiable

In*sa"tia*ble\, a. [F. insatiable, L. ionsatiabilis. See In- not, and Satiable.] Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire.

"Insatiable of glory." --Milton.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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