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insatiate

in·sa·tiate

UK/ɪnˈseɪ.ʃɪət/ US/ɪnˈseɪ.ʃɪ.ət/ uncommon archaic literary

adjective

1.

impossible to satiate or satisfy

  • “an insatiable appetite”
  • “an insatiable hunger for knowledge”
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From Late Middle English insaciate, insaciat, insacyate (“insatiable”), from Latin insatiātus, from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + satiātus (“satisfied; having been satisfied”) (perfect passive participle of satiō (“to satisfy”), from satis (“enough; filled; plenty”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)).

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