Surfeit

Quick meaning: Surfeit is an adjective meaning (countable) An excessive amount of something.

Meaning

(countable) An excessive amount of something.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
2. (countable) A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
3. Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
4. (countable) A group of skunks.
5. (transitive) To fill (something) to excess.
6. (transitive) To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
7. (archaic) Sated; surfeited; filled.

Example Sentences

A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.

King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.

“We are surfeit with sons of vassals of the king,” the merchant said.

the Leaves they do eat to prevent surfeit and other diseases that are incident to those that heat their blood by travels

Word Forms

• surfeits
• surfeiting
• surfeited

Synonyms for surfeit

Depending on context, synonyms include excess, glut, overabundance, superfluity, surplus, ug.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include glut, overabundance, oversupply, repletion, excess, cloy.

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