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surfeit
/ˈsɝː.fɪt/
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What does surfeit mean?
noun
- An excessive amount of something.
- Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
- A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
More meanings (11)
noun
- Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
- A group of skunks.
verb
- To fill (something) to excess.
- To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
- To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.
- (figuratively) To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.
- (figuratively) To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess.
- To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).
- (figuratively) To indulge (in something) to excess.
- (figuratively) To become sick from overindulgence.
adjective
- (archaic) Sated; surfeited; filled.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɝː.fɪt/
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But I am sure the younger of our nature, That surfeit on their ease, will day by day Come here for physic.
But the beastly Philip would make himself sick with a surfeit of underdone pork.
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"Surfeit water," saffron tea, and remedies of that class, are hot and stimulating.
It is a good alterative, combined usually with antimonials and nitre, and particularly useful in mange, surfeit, grease, hide-bound, and want of condition.