Hypertext Webster Gateway: "satiety"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
satiety
n : the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on
more [syn: {repletion}, {satiation}]
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