insatiable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈseɪʃi.əbəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ɪnˈseɪʃ(j)əbəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English insaciable, from Middle French insatiable, from Old French insaciable, from Late Latin insatiabilis. By surface analysis, in- + satiable.
Meanings
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Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy.
Guestling, who adds an insatiable jealousy to his other domestic virtues, vetoed the new acquaintance and thenceforward the two met hurriedly and furtively in town.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:Such an appointment would realize my fondest dreams. But no, at any sacrifice, I must set bounds to my insatiable ambition!
1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert; Arthur Sullivan, composer, […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […], →OCLC:The girls are constantly reshuffled into new permutations in order to feed the J-pop market's insatiable demand for fresh looks and faces.
2005 August 21, Chris Campion, “J-Pop's dream factory”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021:Hugo, in a fine frenzy, threatens to depose the Sacristan, to do this and do that; but, in the mean while, how to quiet your insatiable 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 this insatiable 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'
1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. 4, Abbot Hugo”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most insatiable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more insatiable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (39)
tr doyumsuz (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · es insaciable (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · ka გაუმაძღარი (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · bg ненаситен (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · hu telhetetlen (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · lt nepasotinamas (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · gl insaciable (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · gl insaciábel (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · sh незаја̀жљив (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · ga doshásta (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · fi kyltymätön (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · pl nienasycony (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · nl onverzadigbaar (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · cmn 貪得無厭的 /贪得无厌的 (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · cs neukojitelný (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · sh nezajàžljiv (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · ca insaciable (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · cmn 貪心 /贪心 (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · pt insaciável (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · de unersättlich (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · hu kielégíthetetlen (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · da umættelig (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · sa असिन्व (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · eo nesatigebla (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · grc ἄπληστος (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · it incontentabile (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · uk ненаситний (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · cmn 無法滿足的 /无法满足的 (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · sv omättlig (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · grc ἀκόρεστος (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · no umettelig (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · txb ontsoytte (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · ru ненасы́тный (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · it insaziabile (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · fi tyydyttämätön (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · hy անկուշտ (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · fr insatiable (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · ja 飽くことを知らない (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased) · no umetteleg (not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased)