unslaked

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adjective

Not yet slaked

OriginEnglish slaked ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunslaked (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot yet slaked

    With throats unslaked, with black lips baked: / We could not laugh nor wail.

    1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
    1 more example

    His blood lust yet unslaked (pardon the pun), the duke has the duchess executed[…].

    1988 April 8, Tom Boeker, “The Duchess of Malfi”, in Chicago Reader

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
thirsty

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishslaked
  9. Englishunslaked

From un- + slaked.

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Cite this entry
APA

unslaked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unslaked

MLA

“unslaked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unslaked. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unslaked,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unslaked.

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