surfeit
Meaning of surfeit
noun
- An excessive amount of something.
A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.
- Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
- A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.
- Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
- To fill (something) to excess.
- To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
She surfeited her children on sweets.
- To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.
- To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.
- To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively).
- To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).
- To indulge (in something) to excess.
- To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively).
Information about surfeit
- The plural form of surfeit is: surfeits.
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Hyphenation of surfeit
sur-feit
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- surfeit is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
surfeit synonyms
Meaning excess:
Meaning glut:
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Meaning cloy:
Meaning :
nausea, superfluity, surplus, ug, gluttony, overeating, overindulgence, stuff, overfeed, indulge, overindulge
Anagrams of surfeit
Words that rhyme with surfeit
defeit, counterfeit, forfeit, noncounterfeit, reforfeit, uncounterfeit, unforfeit
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