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单词 surfeiture
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surfeituren.

Brit. /ˈsəːfᵻtʃə/, U.S. /ˈsərfətjʊ(ə)r/, /ˈsərfətʃər/
Forms: Middle English sorfeture, Middle English surfeture, 1500s surfiture, 1500s 1800s– surfeiture.
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French sorfet , -ure suffix1; surfeit v., -ure suffix1.
Etymology: Probably originally from Old French sorfet surfeit n. + -ure suffix1. In later use probably independently re-formed < surfeit v. + -ure suffix1. Compare surfeit n.Compare Anglo-Norman sorfeiture arrogance, presumption (last quarter of the 12th cent.), and also Middle French (Walloon) sourfaiture injustice, abuse (1447 in an apparently isolated attestation; glossed by F. Godefroy Dict. de l'ancienne langue française (1880–1902 ) VII. 531/3, and thence also by Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch at facere, as ‘excess’).
Surfeiting; surfeit, excess; esp. excessive consumption of food or drink.Apparently rare in 17th and 18th centuries.
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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
a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 389 Sum men dremyn for surfeture [Fr. sorfet] Þat etyn or drynkyn ouer mesure.
c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 166 He [sc. Sardanapalus]..gave hymself vnto riottous surfetures of such metes and drynkes as be allective nutritives to kyndle his lust with such enormyties.
1579 U. Fulwell Art of Flattery iv. sig. Eiiiv Where as hee was wont to ingurgitace himselfe in your kitchin, by surfeiture, now hee is moderated, and may returne from thence with a good appetite.
1599 H. Buttes in Dyets Dry Dinner sig. Aa.3v With Spices loathsome surfiture.
1814 Port Folio May 484 Hunger blight thee, and thy Peers! Surfeiture thy dreams await!
1889 Decorator & Furnisher 13 119/1 The antique pattern of crochet lace has been ‘done to death’, and of crazy-quilts there is a surfeiture.
1912 Sunset Jan. 54/1 At last Madame Cheribimo, after eating tremendously, heaved a sigh of surfeiture.
1992 Jrnl. Arabic Lit. 23 203 The poet's..accumulation of minutiae to the point of surfeiture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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