surfeit

1 the state of being more than full [syn: excess, overabundance]

2 the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall [syn: glut, oversupply]

3 eating until excessively full [syn: repletion]

1 supply or feed to surfeit [syn: cloy]

2 indulge (one's appetite) to satiety

English

Pronunciation

• a RP /ˈsɜː.fɪt/
• a US /ˈsɝː.fɪt/
• Rhymes with: -ɜː(r)fɪt

Noun

1. An excessive amount of something.

   A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.

2. Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
3. A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.

   King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.

Quotations

Synonyms

• sense excessive amount of something excess, glut, overabundance, superfluity, surplus
• sense overindulgence in food or drink gluttony, overeating, overindulgence

Verb

1. To fill to excess.
2. To feed someone to excess.

   She surfeited her children on sweets.

3. In the context of "intransitive|reflexive": To overeat or feed to excess.
4. In the context of "intransitive|reflexive": To sicken from overindulgence.

Synonyms

• sense to fill to excess fill, stuff
• sense to feed someone to excess overfeed, satiate, stuff
• sense to overeat or feed to excess indulge, overeat, overfeed, revel, satiate
• sense to sicken from overindulgence sicken

Related terms

• surfeiting
• surfeitly
• surfeitness
• surfeitous

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