Category:Satiety

Sa*ti"e*ty, n. Etym: [l. satietas, from satis, sat, enough: cf. F. Satiété.]

Defn: 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.