Surfeit - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈsɜːrfɪt|
Brit.
|ˈsɜːfɪt|
noun
- the state of being more than full (syn: excess, overabundance)
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall (syn: glut)
- eating until excessively full (syn: repletion)
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall (syn: glut)
- eating until excessively full (syn: repletion)
verb
Extra examples
...ended up with a surfeit of volunteers who simply got in each other's way...
...having surfeited ourselves on raw oysters, we had to decline the rest of the restaurant's offerings...
Fasting is only to avoid surfeit.
I have been surfeited with office-work.
...the novel's plot is kinetic and fast-paced, and its effect on the reader is much like that of a surfeit of caffeine...
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