Insatiableness

  • 11insatiable — adjective Etymology: Middle English insaciable, from Anglo French, from Latin insatiabilis, from in + satiare to satisfy more at satiate Date: 15th century incapable of being satisfied ; quenchless < had an insatiable desire for wealth > •&#8230; …

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  • 12insatiable — insatiability, insatiableness, n. insatiably, adv. /in say sheuh beuhl, shee euh /, adj. not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge. [1400 50; late ME insaciable < L insatiabilis; see IN 3, SATIABLE]&#8230; …

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  • 13Hell —    Derived from the Saxon helan, to cover; hence the covered or the invisible place. In Scripture there are three words so rendered:    1) Sheol, occurring in the Old Testament sixty five times. This word sheol is derived from a root word meaning …

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  • 14greed — noun acquisitiveness, appetency, avarice, avariciousness, avaritia, aviditas, avidity, covetousness, crapulence, cupiditas, cupidity, desire to hoard wealth, eagerness, edacity, excess, gluttonous appettite, gluttony, greediness, guiosity,&#8230; …

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  • 15insatiability — in·sa·ti·a·bil·i·ty || ɪn‚seɪʃə bɪlÉ™tɪ n. greediness, insatiableness, inability to be satisfied or satiated …

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  • 16insatiability — n. Insatiableness …

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  • 17intemperance — n 1. alcoholism, dipsomania, drunkenness, intoxication, inebriety, oenomania, crapulence; saturnalia, bacchanals, carousal, orgy, debauch, spree, Inf. bender, Sl. tear, Sl. binge. 2. self gratification, self indulgence, unrestraint;&#8230; …

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  • 18insatiable — /ɪnˈseɪʃəbəl / (say in sayshuhbuhl) adjective not satiable; incapable of being satisfied: insatiable desire. –insatiability /ɪnˌseɪʃəˈbɪləti/ (say in.sayshuh biluhtee), insatiableness, noun –insatiably, adverb …

  • 19greed — [n] overwhelming desire for more acquisitiveness, avarice, avidity, covetousness, craving, cupidity, eagerness, edacity, esurience, excess, gluttony, gormandizing, graspingness, hunger, indulgence, insatiableness, intemperance, longing,&#8230; …

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  • 20abarcy — [abarcy [ad. med.L. abartia ‘insatiabilitas’ Du Cange.] ‘Insatiableness’ Bailey vol. II. 1731. The L. and Eng. seem alike fictions. ] …

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