insatisfaction
English edit
Etymology edit
in- + satisfaction
Noun edit
insatisfaction (countable and uncountable, plural insatisfactions)
- (obsolete) dissatisfaction
- 1658, Thomas Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC:
- their insatisfaction herein begat that remarkable invention in the funeral pyres of some princes
- (obsolete) insufficiency; emptiness
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- It is a profound contemplation in nature , to consider of the emptiness ( as we may call it ) or insatisfaction of several bodies
References edit
- “insatisfaction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
insatisfaction f (plural insatisfactions)
Further reading edit
- “insatisfaction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.