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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SATI'ETY, n. [L. 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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more [syn: repletion, satiety, satiation]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle French satieté, from Latin satietat-, satietas, from satis Date: 1533 1. the quality or state of being fed or gratified to or beyond capacity ; surfeit, fullness 2. the revulsion or disgust caused by overindulgence or excess

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the state of being glutted or satiated. 2 the feeling of having too much of something. 3 (foll. by of) a cloyed dislike of. Phrases and idioms: to satiety to an extent beyond what is desired. Etymology: obs. F sacieté f. L satietas -tatis f. satis enough

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Satiety Sa*ti"e*ty, n. [L. satietas, from satis, sat, enough: cf. F. sati['e]t['e].] 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Repletion, satiation, surfeit, fulness, glut, cloyment.