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surfeit
[ sur-fit ]
noun
- excess; an excessive amount:
a surfeit of speechmaking.
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- 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.
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- to supply with anything to excess or satiety; satiate.
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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.
surfeit
/ ˈɜːɪ /
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
- archaic.intr to eat, drink, or be supplied to excess
- obsolete.intr to feel uncomfortable as a consequence of overindulgence
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Derived Forms
- ˈܰڱٱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·ܰf· adjective
- ܲ·ܰf·Բ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of surfeit1
C13: from French surfait, from surfaire to overdo, from sur- 1+ faire, from Latin facere to do
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Simpson plainly had a surfeit of charm that disarmed his political adversaries.
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Australian winemakers faced desperate hardship and were stuck with a surfeit of big-bodied red wines.
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There’s a surfeit of beauty, though the visual quality of the archival material is suboptimal until the shift to digital.
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Pet owners can have a tougher time finding apartments because of the surfeit of landlords who don’t allow dogs, cats or other animals in their buildings.
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There’s lots of impressive art — plus, it turns out, a surfeit of inadequate art history.
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