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# satiable

adjective (satiable); in Kipling, «'satiable» short for insatiable

«satiable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (rare) Able to be satisfied or filled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satiable/#m1)
2. (Just So Stories) In «The Elephant's Child», Kipling writes «'satiable curtiosity», meaning «insatiable curiosity» — a curiosity that can never be satisfied; the Elephant's Child keeps asking questions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satiable/#m2)

### In the lessons

In «The Elephant's Child», the young elephant is «full of 'satiable curtiosity» and asks everyone questions, like «What does the Crocodile have for dinner?»; he gets spanked for it, but in the end his long trunk (pulled long by the Crocodile) helps him. The story praises curiosity. The real word for never satisfied is insatiable; satiable alone is rare.

### Examples

- The Elephant's Child was full of 'satiable curtiosity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satiable/#x1)
- He asked the Kolokolo Bird about the Crocodile because of his 'satiable curtiosity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satiable/#x2)
- Her curiosity was insatiable — she never stopped asking why. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satiable/#x3)
- A small appetite is easily satiable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satiable/#x4)
- Kipling made up the word «curtiosity» on purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satiable/#x5)
- Scientists need an insatiable curiosity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satiable/#x6)

### Note

Rare in normal English. Opposite in meaning: insatiable (never satisfied), the common word. «Satiate» means fill completely; «sate» is the short form. Kipling's «'satiable curtiosity» is playful spelling, not standard.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «satiable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satiable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«satiable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/satiable.html) on Mova free.