overcloyv.
/ˌəʊvəˈklɔɪ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈklɔɪ/ Now rare.
transitive. To cloy excessively; to overburden, provide with an excessive supply or glut of; to surfeit, satiate.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] > satiate or surfeit
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1527 W. Roye tr. W. Capito Lytle Treat. for Christen Men sig. f1 They had theyr seuerall bankettes over cloyinge theym selves with meate an dryncke.
1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Hegendorphinus in Panoplie Epist. 383 A certaine sycophant, and false varlot..ouercloyeth me with many and continuall troubles.
1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. H2 I feare mee, I have overcloy'd you with rootes.
1652 W. Brough Sacred Princ. (ed. 2) 73 Let me Prudently Observe, What Each Parcell of Ground will best Beare, That I may not Over-cloy Some, and Undersow Others.
1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur iv. 100 O'ercloy'd with Carnage, and opprest with Blood.
1724 A. Ramsay Health 6 But when Montano's Paunch is over cloy'd, The Bagnio or Emetick Wine's imploy'd.
1864 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 7) 121 With worldly weal o'ercloyed.
1882 A. C. Swinburne Tristram of Lyonesse 331 Does the moon When she wanes Leave no tune That remains In the void Shell of night Overcloyed With her light?
1899 Cent. Mag. June 275 Younger men..followed the army and made a fat living by concocting drafts for those who overcloyed themselves with Greek sweetmeats.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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