surfeit

[ sur-fit ]

/ ˈsɜr fɪt /

noun

excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.

excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking.

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

general disgust caused by excess or satiety.

verb (used with object)

to bring to a state of surfeit by excess of food or drink.

to supply with anything to excess or satiety; satiate.

verb (used without object)

to eat or drink to excess.

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

to indulge to excess in anything.

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Origin of surfeit

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

SYNONYMS FOR surfeit

1. superabundance, superfluity. 5, 6. stuff, gorge. 6. fill.

ANTONYMS FOR surfeit

1. lack.

Related formsun·sur·feit·ed, adjectiveun·sur·feit·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for surfeited

In fact, I was surfeited with veal in every possible shape wherever I went.
The Land of Thor|J. Ross Browne
She would then have given anything for a single one of those meetings that surfeited her.
Madame Bovary|Gustave Flaubert
Boston is that surfeited with redcoats now that when they cram down more next spring she can but throw them up to keep her health.
Cardigan|Robert W. Chambers
Its members were men who were surfeited with mahoganies and impressive stuffed chairs and thick carpets.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford

Her father was rich, surfeited with riches, and had bought one of the Grand Ducal Schlosses.
Royal Highness|Thomas Mann

British Dictionary definitions for surfeited

surfeit

/ (ˈsɜːfɪt) /

noun

(usually foll by of) an excessive or immoderate amount

overindulgence, esp in eating or drinking

disgust, nausea, etc, caused by such overindulgence

verb

(tr) to supply or feed excessively; satiate

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

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

Derived Formssurfeiter, noun

Word Origin for surfeit

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

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Word Origin and History for surfeited

surfeit

early 14c., "excess quantity;" late 14c., "overindulgence," from Old French surfet "excess," noun use of past participle of surfaire "overdo," from sur- "over" (see sur-) + faire "do," from Latin facere "to make" (see factitious).

surfeit

late 14c., from surfeit (n.). Related: Surfeited; surfeiting.