Satiety: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Word of the Day from Dictionary.com
Sunday, February 11, 2007

 

satiety \suh-TY-uh-tee\, noun:

The state of being full or gratified to or beyond the point of satisfaction.

 

Carbohydrates, especially the starchy ones like pasta and potatoes, provide a feeling of satiety, both physiologically and psychologically.
-- Marian Burros, "Eating Well", New York Times, October 19, 1988

Isidore of Seville, in interpreting the Psalms in the seventh century, seconded the idea that tears produce satiety. "Lamenting," he wrote, "is the food of souls."
-- Tom Lutz, Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears

 

AND FINALLY -

I NEVER really ever had a feeling of SATIETY until I got my LAP BAND - JC February 11, 2007.

7 months and one day with a LapBand. 

Satiety is from Latin satietas, from satis, "enough."