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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sur•feit /ˈsɜrfɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable* usually singular]- too much or too large of an amount;
excess:a surfeit of speeches at the dinner.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sur•feit (sûr′fit),USA pronunciation n. - excess;
an excessive amount:a surfeit of speechmaking. - excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking.
- an uncomfortably full or crapulous feeling due to excessive eating or drinking.
- general disgust caused by excess or satiety.
v.t. - to bring to a state of surfeit by excess of food or drink.
- to supply with anything to excess or satiety;
satiate.
v.i. - to eat or drink to excess.
- to suffer from the effects of overindulgence in eating or drinking.
- to indulge to excess in anything.
- Latin factus, past participle of facere to do (see fact); (verb, verbal) sorfeten, derivative of the noun, nominal
- Middle French surfait, surfet (noun, nominal use of past participle of surfaire to overdo), equivalent. to sur- sur-1 + fait
- (noun, nominal) Middle English sorfete, surfait 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged superabundance, superfluity.
- 5, 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stuff, gorge.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fill.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lack.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: surfeit /ˈsɜːfɪt/ n - (usually followed by of) an excessive or immoderate amount
- overindulgence, esp in eating or drinking
- disgust, nausea, etc, caused by such overindulgence
vb - (transitive) to supply or feed excessively; satiate
- (intransitive) archaic to eat, drink, or be supplied to excess
Etymology: 13th Century: from French surfait, from surfaire to overdo, from sur-1 + faire, from Latin facere to do |