insatisfaction

noun — 2 senses

insatisfaction

noun

Etymology From in- + satisfaction.

1

Obsolete dissatisfaction

  • their insatisfaction herein begat that remarkable invention in the funeral pyres of some princes1658, Thomas Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC:
2

Obsolete insufficiency; emptiness

  • It is a profound contemplation in nature , to consider of the emptiness ( as we may call it ) or insatisfaction of several bodies1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

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