Inherited fromMiddle Englishinsaciable, fromMiddle Frenchinsatiable, fromOld Frenchinsaciable, fromLate Latininsatiabilis. bysurface analysis,in- +‎satiable.

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ɪnˈseɪʃ(j)əbəl/,/ɪnˈseɪʃi.əbəl/

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insatiable (comparativemoreinsatiable,superlativemostinsatiable)

1. Notsatiable;incapable of beingsatisfied orappeased; verygreedy.
   • 1843 April,Thomas Carlyle, “ch. 4, Abbot Hugo”, inPast and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.:Charles C[offin] Little andJames Brown, published1843,→OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):

     Hugo, in a fine frenzy, threatens to depose the Sacristan, to do this and do that; but, in the mean while, how to quiet yourinsatiable Jew? Hugo, for this couple of hundreds, grants the Jew his bond for four hundred payable at the end of four years. (...) Neither yet is thisinsatiable Jew satisfied or settled with: he had papers against us of 'small debts fourteen years old;' his modest claim amounts finally to 'Twelve hundred pounds besides interest'

   • 1885,W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert,Arthur Sullivan, composer,[…] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London:Chappel & Co., […],→OCLC:

     Such an appointment would realize my fondest dreams. But no, at any sacrifice, I must set bounds to myinsatiable ambition!

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insatiable (pluralinsatiables)

1. One who or that which cannot besatiated.

• “insatiable”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
• “insatiable”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.

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Inherited fromMiddle Frenchinsatiable, fromOld Frenchinsaciable, fromLatinīnsatiābilis. bysurface analysis,in- +‎satiable.

• IPA^(key):/ɛ̃.sa.sjabl/

insatiable (pluralinsatiables)

1. insatiable

• “insatiable”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Inherited fromOld Frenchinsaciable, fromLatininsatiābilis. bysurface analysis,in- +‎satiable.

insatiable m orf (pluralinsatiables)

1. insatiable

• French:insatiable
• → Middle English:insaciable
  • English:insatiable