单词 | surfeiting |
释义 | surfeitingn. Now rare. Excessive indulgence, esp. in food or drink; an instance of this. Also: the result of such behaviour; satiety, repletion; nausea or illness arising from excess. Cf. surfeit v. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] excessc1386 surfeita1387 surfeiturea1400 surfeity?a1450 replevishingc1450 surfeitnessa1500 surfeiting1519 ingurgitation1531 crapulosity?1538 gurgitation1542 guzzling1642 stuffing1713 crapulousness1850 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [noun] > surfeit surfeita1425 surfeiting1519 crapulaa1687 crapulea1687 crapulence1727 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iv. f. 39v He wyll nat cease fro surfettynge, tyll he be redy to parbrake. 1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 23 Some doo suppose, if they be eaten rawe with vyneger, before meate, it shall preserue the stomake from surfettynge. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Kjv If dronckenes be deuelishe, then surfeytyng is deuelishe. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xvii. 257 They might eate much, without any feare of surfetting. 1632 tr. G. Bruele Praxis Medicinæ 79 Such as are much addicted to surfettings..are subiect to the apoplexy. 1650 tr. J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Reserata §823 Hee that is drunk..hath for his punishment surfetting (an heavie head). 1708 in tr. Municius Felix Two Excellent Monuments Pref. p. xix No Surfeitings, no Drunkenness among them. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 129 These, from often being in need, and as often receiving an accidental supply, pass their lives between surfeiting and repining. 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 470/1 Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions of thanksgiving. 1913 Fra Apr. 8/2 She eats anything she likes, but not to eat to a surfeiting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). surfeitingadj. 1. That causes surfeit; that produces a state of surfeit or satiety. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > causing satiety fulsomec1430 surfeiting?1569 glutting1574 over-cloying1592 cloysome1603 gluttish1655 palling1667 saturating1684 cloying1752 satiating1769 unwearable1846 ?1569 W. Elderton Proper Newe Ballad Philosophers Learnynges (single sheet) Excesse that delighteth..in greedines that life requireth, In surfeitinge disshes [etc.]. 1576 T. Bedingfield tr. G. Cardano Comforte (new ed.) iii. sig. J.viiiv He desyreth to sleape, whiche is not easlye had his stomacke beinge ouercharged wyth a surfytinge supper. 1698 C. Gildon Phaeton i. 4 Resistance and yielding well temper'd, still prove The best Sauce to the surfeiting Banquet of love. 1715 R. Nelson Addr. Persons of Quality 77 The surfeiting Draught Solomon took of Pleasure. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxxvi. 246 A fond husband is a surfeiting thing. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. xv. 209 Unbounded prodigality in our..table, even to a surfeiting degree. 1883 Harper's Mag. July 167/2 The plants..are packed together in brilliant and surfeiting masses. 1915 S. Atlantic Q. Jan. 183 The surfeiting effect that such verbosity is bound to have upon the average reader. 1965 William & Mary Q. 22 341 It serves..as an admirable introduction to the mind of Mather for those who wish a representative slice of the man but who might find the whole cake rather surfeiting. 1995 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 16 July 124 The fugal finale of the Verdi was akin to a tingling sorbet at the end of a refreshing but not surfeiting meal. 2. That surfeits; given to or characterized by excess, esp. in eating or drinking; gluttonous. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] crapulousc1540 surfeiting1588 ingurgitating1620 guzzling1637 crapulent1888 stodging1898 1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 12 The most incontinent and surfeiting companion. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iv. i. i. 431 Surfetting courtiers, and staulfed Gentlemen lubbers. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Crapulent..surfeiting or oppressed with surfeit. 1738 J. Miller Art & Nature iv. i. 61 To be tongue-ridden by a surfeiting, fawning Parasite. 1800 J. Murdock Beau Metamorphized i. i. 22 O lord! that surfeiting coxcomb? 1894 3rd Ann. Rep. State Superintendent Irrigation & Forestry in Public Documents State N. Dakota II. 174 The monotony of country life that tends to drive the young folks into the surfeiting cities. 1961 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 1 5 In the poem that destroying power..which is the tempest after the sun, the destroying winter, the surfeiting glutton..is not Venus but the Boar. 1993 Shakespeare Q. 44 33 In Coriolanus the famished and seditious masses seek revenge on the surfeiting patricians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1519adj.?1569 |
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