insatiate
That is not satiated; insatiableThat is not satiated; insatiable.
» Doomed to devouring love, the hapless queen / burns as she gazes, with insatiate fire, / charmed by his presents and his youthful mien.
carlosalberto · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(archaic, literary)That is not satiated; insatiable.
- impossible to satisfy
Examples
1 sentencesDoomed to devouring love, the hapless queen / burns as she gazes, with insatiate fire, / charmed by his presents and his youthful mien.
Origin
From Late Middle English insaciate, insaciat, insacyate (“insatiable”), from Latin insatiāFrom 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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Forms
more insatiate, most insatiate| Comparative | more insatiate Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most insatiate Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- impossible to satisfy:insatiableunsatiable
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.