satiety Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
    satiation; repletion.

WordNet


Sa*ti"e*ty noun
Etymology
L. satietas, from satis, sat, enough: cf. F. satiété.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913