| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·sa·tia·ble |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-s  sh -bl, -sh -- |
| ADJECTIVE: | Impossible to satiate or satisfy: an insatiable appetite; an insatiable hunger for knowledge. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English insaciable, from Old French, from Latin  nsatibilis : in-, not; see in–1 + satire, to fill; see satiate. | | OTHER FORMS: | in·sa tia·bili·ty, in·satia·ble·ness —NOUN
in·satia·bly —ADVERB
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