insatiate, a.
(ɪnˈseɪʃɪət)
Also 6 insaciate, -cyate, 7 -tiat.
[ad. L. insatiātus (Statius), f. in- (in-3) + satiātus, pa. pple. of satiāre to satiate.]
That is not satiated or satisfied; never satisfied, insatiable. Const. of, † for.
| 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. viii. (Percy Soc.) 30 Wyth brennynge love of insaciate fyre Newe thynges to fynde they set theyr desyre. a 1533 Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) H vj, The insaciate couetous men are neuer contente. 1616 R. C. Times' Whistle v. 1708 The wantonnesse Of their insatiat appetite..breeds Offensive humors. 1667 Milton P.L. ii. 8 Satan..insatiate to pursue Vain Warr with Heav'n. 1704 Hearne Duct. Hist. (1714) I. 406 Being insatiate for knowledge, he travell'd all over Greece. 1781 Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxi. (1869) II. 196 Avarice is an insatiate and universal passion. 1848 Buckley Homer's Iliad 246 The Trojans are insatiate of battle. 1860 Pusey Min. Proph. 29 Those who, through their own insatiate desires, are never satisfied. |
| fig. 1602 Marston Antonio's Rev. iii. iii, Even like insatiate hell, still crying, More. |
Hence inˈsatiateness (Bailey vol. II, 1727).