surfeit
Plural: surfeits
Noun
- the state of being more than full
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
- eating until excessively full
- An excessive amount of something.
- Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
- A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
- Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
- A group of skunks.
Verb
Verb Forms: surfeited, surfeiting, surfeits
- To supply to excess; to overfill or satiate.
- supply or feed to surfeit
- indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
- To fill (something) to excess.
- To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
- 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).
Adj
- Sated; surfeited; filled.
Examples
- A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.
- King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.
- She surfeited her children on sweets.
- The board was surfeited with vowels, making high-scoring words difficult to find.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English surfeite, surfet, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman surfet, surfeit and Old French sorfet, sorfait, past participle of surfaire (“to augment, exaggerate, exceed”), from sur- (“over”) + faire (“to do”). The adjective is derived from the noun.
Synonyms
cloy, excess, glut, overabundance, oversupply, repletion, gluttony, indulge, nausea, overeating, overfeed, overindulge, overindulgence, stuff, superfluity, surplus, ug
Scrabble Score: 10
surfeit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsurfeit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
surfeit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary