insatiate

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insatiate

/ɪnˈseɪ.ʃɪət/ UK
/ɪnˈseɪ.ʃɪ.ət/ UK
/ɪnˈseɪ.ʃɪt/ US
/ɪnˈseɪ.ʃi.ɪt/ US

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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)).

adjective more insatiate · most insatiate

archaic, literary That is not satiated; insatiable. Light vanitie inſatiate cormorant, / Conſuming meanes ſoone praies vpon it selfe: […]
Opposite: satiable, satisfiable

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@misc{insatiate_2026,
  title = {insatiate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/insatiate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}