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cloy⋅ing
[kloi-ing] 
–adjective
| 1. | causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess: a perfume of cloying sweetness. |
| 2. | overly ingratiating or sentimental. |
cloy
[kloi] –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate. |
–verb (used without object)
| 2. | to become uninteresting or distasteful through overabundance: A diet of cake and candy soon cloys. |
Origin:
1350–1400; aph. var. of ME acloyen < MF enclo(y)er < LL inclāvāre to nail in, equiv. to in- in- 2 + -clāvāre, v. deriv. of clāvus nail
1350–1400; aph. var. of ME acloyen < MF enclo(y)er < LL inclāvāre to nail in, equiv. to in- in- 2 + -clāvāre, v. deriv. of clāvus nail
Synonyms:
1. glut, sate, bore.
1. glut, sate, bore.
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| cloy (kloi) v. cloyed, cloy·ing, cloys v. tr. To cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit. v. intr. To be too filling, rich, or sweet. [Short for obsolete accloy, to clog, from Middle English acloien, from Old French encloer, to drive a nail into, from Medieval Latin inclāvāre : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin clāvāre, to nail (from clāvus, nail).] cloy'ing·ly adv., cloy'ing·ness n. |
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