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Webster 1913 Edition


Satiety

Sa-ti′e-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
satietas
, from
satis
,
sat
, enough: cf. F.
satiété
.]
The state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire; fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which excites wearisomeness or loathing; repletion; satiation.
In all pleasures there is
satiety
.
Hakewill.
But thy words, with grace divine
Imbued, bring to their sweetness no
satiety
.
Milton.
Syn. – Repletion; satiation; surfeit; cloyment.

Webster 1828 Edition


Satiety

SATI'ETY

,
Noun.
[L. satietas. See Sate.]
Properly, fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or any sensual desire; but it usually implies fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which excites wearisomeness or lothing; state of being glutted.
In all pleasures there is satiety.
- But thy words, with grace divine imbu'd, bring to their sweetness no satiety.