surfeit
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.
to bring to a state of surfeit by excess of food or drink.
to supply with anything to excess or satiety; satiate.
to eat or drink to excess.
to suffer from the effects of overindulgence in eating or drinking.
to indulge to excess in anything.
Origin of surfeit
1Other words for surfeit
Opposites for surfeit
Other words from surfeit
- un·sur·feit·ed, adjective
- un·sur·feit·ing, adjective
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How to use surfeit in a sentence
That is, surfeits are dangerous; but the proverb which follows shows, as usual, that there is no rule without an exception.
The Proverbs of Scotland | Alexander HislopThere is one corner of this Elizium field devoted to the eating of pig, and the surfeits that attend it.
The Old Showmen and the Old London Fairs | Thomas FrostIt never teases you—there he has the better of Shelley—or surfeits you—there he prevails over Keats.
Res Judicat | Augustine BirrellAt four oclock on this day of surfeits I met Bulich at the railroad station, Salona.
Vacation days in Greece | Rufus B. RichardsonAt such a time, the little books of Marvell must have been considered as relishing morsels after such indigestible surfeits.
Calamities and Quarrels of Authors | Isaac Disraeli
British Dictionary definitions for surfeit
/ (ˈsɜːfɪt) /
(usually foll by of) an excessive or immoderate amount
overindulgence, esp in eating or drinking
disgust, nausea, etc, caused by such overindulgence
(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
Origin of surfeit
1Derived forms of surfeit
- surfeiter, noun
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