satiety
noun
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Is This History of satiety Enough?
You may have accurately guessed that satiety is related to satisfy, satiate (meaning "to satisfy fully or to excess"), and sate (which means "to glut" or "to satisfy to the full"). Satiety, along with the others, ultimately comes from the Latin word satis, which means "enough." English speakers apparently couldn't get enough of satis- derived words in the 15th and 16th centuries, when all of these words entered the language. Satiety itself was borrowed into English in the mid-1500s from the Middle French word satieté of the same meaning.
Examples of satiety in a Sentence
Omaid Homayun, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
There’s also evidence that the breakdown of prebiotics in your gut can contribute to satiety (or fullness) as well as alleviate constipation by helping push stool along.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 20 Feb. 2025
Drugs like semaglutide affect the GLP-1 hormone, which works on the reward and satiety regions of the brain.
—Alice Park, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
Brown rice and quinoa: These versatile grains provide fiber and satiety.
—Lauren Panoff, Mph, Rd, Verywell Health, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Satiety.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satiety. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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