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insatiable

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in⋅sa⋅tia⋅ble

  [in-sey-shuh-buhl, -shee-uh-]
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–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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in·sa·tia·ble   (ĭn-sā'shə-bəl, -shē-ə-)   
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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Word Origin & History

insatiable 
c.1420, from L.L. insatiabilis, from in- "not" + satiabilis (see satiate (v.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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