surfeit

[ sur-fit ]
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noun
  1. excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.

  2. excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking.

  1. an uncomfortably full or crapulous feeling due to excessive eating or drinking.

  2. general disgust caused by excess or satiety.

verb (used with object)
  1. to bring to a state of surfeit by excess of food or drink.

  2. to supply with anything to excess or satiety; satiate.

verb (used without object)
  1. to eat or drink to excess.

  2. to suffer from the effects of overindulgence in eating or drinking.

  1. to indulge to excess in anything.

Origin of surfeit

1
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English sorfete, surfait<Middle French surfait, surfet (noun use of past participle of surfaire to overdo), equivalent to sur-sur-1 + fait<Latin factus, past participle of facere to do (see fact); (v.) sorfeten, derivative of the noun

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Other words from surfeit

  • un·sur·feit·ed, adjective
  • un·sur·feit·ing, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for surfeit

surfeit

/ (ˈsɜːfɪt) /


noun
  1. (usually foll by of) an excessive or immoderate amount

  2. overindulgence, esp in eating or drinking

  1. disgust, nausea, etc, caused by such overindulgence

verb
  1. (tr) to supply or feed excessively; satiate

  2. (intr) archaic to eat, drink, or be supplied to excess

  1. (intr) obsolete to feel uncomfortable as a consequence of overindulgence

Origin of surfeit

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C13: from French surfait, from surfaire to overdo, from sur- 1 + faire, from Latin facere to do

Derived forms of surfeit

  • surfeiter, noun

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