Part 5892

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Such a mental condition, <as>as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn>- <er>Insanity</er>, <er>Lunacy</er>, <er>Madness</er>, <er>Derangement</er>, <er>Aliention</er>, <er>Aberration</er>, <er>Mania</er>, <er>Delirium</er>, <er>Frenzy</er>, <er>Monomania</er>, <er>Dementia</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Insanity</i> is the generic term for all such diseases; <i>lunacy</i> has now an equal extent of meaning, though once used to denote periodical insanity; <i>madness</i> has the same extent, though originally referring to the rage created by the disease; <i>derangement</i>, <i>alienation</i>, are popular terms for insanity; <i>delirium</i>, <i>mania</i>, and <i>frenzy</i> denote excited states of the disease; <i>dementia</i> denotes the loss of mental power by this means; <i>monomania</i> is insanity upon a single subject.</usage>

<h1>Insapory</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*sa"po*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>sapor</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tasteless; unsavory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Herbert.</i>

<h1>Insatiability</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*sa`tia*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <ety>[L. <ets>insatiabilitas</ets>; cf. F. <ets>insatiabilite</ets>.]</ety> <def> The state or quality of being insatiable; insatiableness.</def>

<blockquote>Eagerness for increase of possession deluges the soul, and we sink into the gulfs of <b>insatiability</b>. <i>Rambler.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Insatiable</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*sa"tia*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>insatiable</ets>, L. <ets>ionsatiabilis</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Satiable</er>.]</ety> <def>Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; <as>as, an <ex>insatiable</ex> appetite, thirst, or desire</as>.</def>

<blockquote>"<b>Insatiable</b> of glory." <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Insatiableness</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*sa"tia*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Greediness of appetite that can not be satisfied or appeased; insatiability.</def>

<blockquote>The eye of the covetous hath a more particular <b>insatiableness</b>. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Insatiably</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*sa"tia*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an insatiable manner or degree; unappeasably.</def> "<i>Insatiably</i> covetous."

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Insatiate</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*sa"ti*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insatiatus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Insatiable; <as>as, <ex>insatiate</ex> thirst</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>insatiate</b> greediness of his desires. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And still <b>insatiate</b>, thirsting still for blood. <i>Hook.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Insatiately</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*sa"ti*ate*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Insatiably.</def>

<i>Sir T. Herbert.</i>

<h1>Insatiateness</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*sa"ti*ate*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being insatiate.</def>

<h1>Insatiety</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In`sa*ti"e*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insatietas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>insatiete</ets>. See <er>Satiety</er>.]</ety> <def>Insatiableness.</def>