Satiety

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           In all pleasures there is satiety.       --Hakewill.
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           But thy words, with grace divine
           Imbued, bring to their sweetness no satiety. --Milton.
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     Syn: Repletion; satiation; surfeit; cloyment.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  satiety
       n : the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on
           more [syn: {repletion}, {satiation}]

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  SATIETY, n.  The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten
  its contents, madam.