3 September 2014

insatiable

[in-sey-shuh-buh l, -shee-uh-]

adjective
1. not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased:
insatiable hunger for knowledge.

Origin

late Middle English Latin
1400-1450; late Middle English insaciable < Latin insatiābilis; see in-3, satiable
Related forms

insatiability, insatiableness, noun
insatiably, adverb

Synonyms

voracious, unquenchable, bottomless.

Examples for insatiable

– These insatiable fish will also prey upon one another.
– It is a world driven by insatiable gadget lust and no small amount of money.
– Addiction is an insatiable drive to use a drug because of the pleasure it affords and the side effects of craving that pleasure.

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Today’s aphorism

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

– Anthony Burgess

On this day

3 September 1901 – Australian national flag flies for the first time. The Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne has the honours. 3 September is celebrated each year as Australia’s National Flag Day.

3 September 1939 – Britain declares war on Germany.

3 September 1970 – death of Alan Wilson from barbiturate poisoning. It’s unclear whether his death was accidental or suicide. American guitarist and singer-songwriter for Canned Heat. He was 27. His death occurred two weeks before the death of Jimi Hendrix and four weeks before the death of Janis Joplin. Born 4 July 1943.