Dictionary entry

Satiety

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sa‐ti″e‐ty (?), n. [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.