satiety

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/səˈtaɪɪtɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/səˈtaɪɪti/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sə tī′i tē)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
sa•ti•e•ty /səˈtaɪɪti/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. the state of being satiated;
    surfeit.
See -sat-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
sa•ti•e•ty  (sə tī′i tē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the state of being satiated;
    surfeit.
  • Latin
  • Middle French sacieté
  • Latin satietās; replacing earlier sacietie
  • 1525–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
satiety / səˈtaɪɪtɪ/
  1. the state of being satiated
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin satietās, from satis enough
'satiety' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adephagia - appetite - ennui - glut - hypothalamus - surfeit

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