surfeit
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French surfaire (“to augment, exaggerate, exceed”), from sur- + faire (“to do”).
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[edit] Noun
surfeit (countable and uncountable; plural surfeits)
- (countable) An excessive amount of something.
- A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.
- (uncountable) Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
- (countable) A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
- King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.
[edit] Quotations
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
[edit] Synonyms
- (excessive amount of something): excess, glut, overabundance, superfluity, surplus
- (overindulgence in food or drink): gluttony, overeating, overindulgence
[edit] Translations
overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating
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a sickness or condition caused by overindulgence
[edit] Verb
surfeit (third-person singular simple present surfeits, present participle surfeiting, simple past and past participle surfeited)
- (transitive) To fill to excess.
- (transitive) To feed someone to excess.
- She surfeited her children on sweets.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To overeat or feed to excess.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To sicken from overindulgence.
[edit] Synonyms
- (to fill to excess): fill, stuff
- (to feed someone to excess): overfeed, satiate, stuff
- (to overeat or feed to excess): indulge, overeat, overfeed, revel, satiate
- (to sicken from overindulgence): sicken
[edit] Translations
to fill to excess
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to feed someone to excess
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to overeat or feed to excess
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to sicken from overindulgence
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[edit] External links
- surfeit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- surfeit in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- surfeit at OneLook Dictionary Search
