Search Result for "satiety":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more;
[syn: repletion, satiety, satiation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Satiety \Sa*ti"e*ty\, n. [L. satietas, from satis, sat, enough: cf. F. sati['e]t['e].] 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. [1913 Webster] In all pleasures there is satiety. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster] But thy words, with grace divine Imbued, bring to their sweetness no satiety. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn: Repletion; satiation; surfeit; cloyment. [1913 Webster]The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.
