surfeit in English
- surfeit⇄noun surfeiter.
- surfeit⇄noun 1. an excessive amount of something; too much; excess.
Ex. A surfeit of food makes one sick. (Figurative.) A surfeit of advice annoys me.
2. disgust or nausea caused by this; painful satiety.
3. gluttonous indulgence, especially - surfeit⇄surfeit, noun, verb.
- surfeit⇄v.i. to eat, drink, or indulge in something to excess; take one's fill and more (of); feast gluttonously (upon).
Ex. They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing (Shakespeare).
(SYN) glut, gorge. - surfeit⇄v.t. to feed or supply to excess; force down or on (a person) in such quantity as to cause nausea or disgust.
Ex. (Figurative.) He is weary and surfeited of business (Samuel Pepys).
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