A satiable thirst. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
'Vantage number three, 'satiable Elephant's Child. From Wordnik.com. [The time is out of joint, O cursed spite . . .] Reference
You're as bad as the Elephant's Child when it comes to 'satiable curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [Werehunter]
That is, wants are satiable (the want for any one good, “other things being equal”). From Wordnik.com. [ECONOMIC HISTORY] Reference
I think it is HIGHLY satiable - by GLloyd Rowsey on Saturday, Jan 10, 2009 at 5: 58: 12 AM. From Wordnik.com. [An Occasional Dose of Definitions from Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary." They're Just What the Doctor Ordered!] Reference
I was on hand, indulging my 'satiable curiosity, when Lawrence saw him off, but didn't speak to him. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Mountain Of Light]
The strangest, absolute strangest thing is that rather than paranoia it is a strong and satiable sadness. From Wordnik.com. [indiankurtis Diary Entry] Reference
Unfortunately many students have their "'satiable curiosity" not only buried, but well and truly laid to rest as they struggle up Mount. From Wordnik.com. [School Library: For the Love of Learning] Reference
He lived then before me; he lived as much as he had ever lived -- a shadow in - satiable of splendid appearances, of frightful realities. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Darkness] Reference
Furthermore, the law of decrease holds under any realistic conditions; the want for (satisfying power of) any good is progressively satiable. From Wordnik.com. [ECONOMIC HISTORY] Reference
The standard definition of utility starts with the assumption of complete, transitive, non-satiable, non-alphabetic preferences over all goods. From Wordnik.com. [Just Resting, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
All the animals become very interesting because we are concerned to know their particular reason for spanking the "'satiable Elephant's Child.". From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Fairy Tales] Reference
Else - where (Euthydemus 299), he adumbrates another vital principle for the theory of utility, namely, the principle that every want is satiable. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
It seems only natural that the daily circuit of, say, moon round earth, though satiable only by a mind, was independent of any perception whatever. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Chopra: The Illusion of Past, Present, Future] Reference
When I see her in these moods there's this very satiable feeling of hopelessness, helplessness and this suffocating feeling of needing to be helped. From Wordnik.com. [indiankurtis Diary Entry] Reference
The camel had to have a hump, the leopard had to develop spots, the elephant needed a nose, if only to remind him of the perils of satiable curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [Butchers Hill]
I was so happy with my own little alternate reality .... nothing i can do, no matter how many emails, how many hours on the phone, nothing is enough for me, i'm terribly satiable. From Wordnik.com. [lily-white Diary Entry] Reference
But Nan, like the Elephant's Child, was full of "'satiable curiosity" and like Rikki-tikki-tavi, if she could not get the answers immediately, she was bound and determined to "run and find out.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of London]
Scarce satiable by fate's last death-draught, waged. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 3] Reference
Bruno was able to satisfy an in satiable curiosity in such matters. From Wordnik.com. [Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction] Reference
And he lived in Africa, and he filled all Africa with his 'satiable curtiosities. From Wordnik.com. [Just So Stories] Reference
The time is the most satiable one as President Abbas is very ready to such kind of peace. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference
Child -- who was full of 'satiable curtiosity, and that means he asked ever so many questions. From Wordnik.com. [Just So Stories] Reference
Whenever I acquire an old letter, I have a 'satiable curiosity to learn more about Google its original owner. From Wordnik.com. [Polly-Vous Francais?] Reference
They were very glad to see him, and immediately said, 'Come here and be spanked for your' satiable curtiosity. '. From Wordnik.com. [Just So Stories] Reference
Social democracy satisfied a satiable hunger on the part of working people for a greater share of capitalism's bounty. From Wordnik.com. [TELOSscope: The Telos Press blog] Reference
Like the Elephant's Child, Sahwah was full of 'satiable curiosity, and her inquisitive trunk was always stretched out in a quivering search for information. From Wordnik.com. [The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos] Reference
Now you must know and understand, O Best Beloved, that till that very week, and day, and hour, and minute, this 'satiable Elephant's Child had never seen a Crocodile, and did not know what one was like. From Wordnik.com. [Just So Stories] Reference
Scarce satiable by fate’s last death-draught, waged. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley] Reference
'satiable curtiosity -- and I suppose this is the same thing. From Wordnik.com. [Just So Stories] Reference
'satiable Elephant's Child asked a new fine question that he had never asked before. From Wordnik.com. [Just So Stories] Reference
Unfortunately many students have their “‘satiable curiosity” not only buried, but well and truly laid to rest as they struggle up Mount. From Wordnik.com. [2008 IASL Conference -2] Reference
It was all his 'satiable curtiosity. From Wordnik.com. [Just So Stories] Reference
And still he was full of 'satiable curtiosity!. From Wordnik.com. [Just So Stories] Reference
The need for speed is never satiable. From Wordnik.com. [Sun Bloggers] Reference
"satiable curtiosity.". From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Fairy Tales] Reference
"'satiable curtiosity.". From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Fairy Tales] Reference
OK, my ’satiable curtiosity is itching me. From Wordnik.com. [Ghost Brigades Review in the San Antonio Express-News « Whatever] Reference
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