satiety

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SATI'ETY, noun [Latin satietas. See Sate.] Properly, fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or any sensual desire; but it usually implies fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which excites wearisomeness or lothing; state of being glutted. In all pleasures there is satiety - But thy words, with grace divine imbu'd, bring to their sweetness no satiety
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