Meaning

(archaic) Sated; surfeited; filled..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

If it proceed from the third occaſion, which is ſurfeit of Meats and Drinks, either natural or unnatural, then the ſigns are theſe ; […]

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

A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.

With what could be a surfeit of candour, [Mike] Skinner has described DJing as more creative than playing his own songs, because, to paraphrase, of the "stress" and "creativity" of not knowing what he'll be doing in three minutes' time.

I feel too much thy blessing: make it [this excess]less, For fear I surfeit! Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made.

He insisted on stopping at a charmingly romantic cabman's shelter somewhere, at five o'clock this morning, and we had a surfeit of hot cocoa and currant buns.

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

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

Word Forms

• more surfeit
• most surfeit
• surfeits
• surfeiting
• surfeited

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