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insatiable

[in-sey-shuh-buhl, -shee-uh-] Origin

in·sa·tia·ble

[in-sey-shuh-buhl, -shee-uh-]
adjective
not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English insaciable < Latin insatiābilis; see in-3, satiable

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


voracious, unquenchable, bottomless.

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insatiable or insatiate (ɪnˈseɪʃəbəl, -ʃɪə-, ɪnˈseɪʃɪɪt)
 
adj
not able to be satisfied or satiated; greedy or unappeasable
 
insatiate or insatiate
 
adj
 
insatia'bility or insatiate
 
n
 
in'satiableness or insatiate
 
n
 
in'satiateness or insatiate
 
n
 
in'satiably or insatiate
 
adv
 
in'satiately or insatiate
 
adv

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insatiable
c.1420, from L.L. insatiabilis, from in- "not" + satiabilis (see satiate (v.)).
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