Surfeit Excess Verb Noun Sur Food Caused Archaic

sur·feit

I

\\ˈsər-fət\\ noun1. an overabundant supply :

excess

2. an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something (as food or drink)
3. disgust caused by excess

II

verbtransitive verb
: to feed, supply, or give to surfeit
intransitive verb
archaic : to indulge to satiety in a gratification (as indulgence of the appetite or senses)
Synonyms: see
• sur·feit·er noun

surfeit
  surfeit (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. surfet "excess," noun use of pp. of surfaire "overdo," from sur- "over" + faire "do," from L. facere "to make" (see factitious). The verb is first recorded 1393.

surfeit
sur·feit / 5sE:fit; NAmE 5sE:rfit / noun [usually sing.]
   ~ (of sth) (formal) an amount that is too large
   过量
   SYN 

excess

sur·feit
I. \ˈsərfə̇t, ˈsə̄f-, ˈsəif-, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English surfait, surfet, from Middle French sourfait, seurfet, from past participle of sourfaire to reach too high, literally, overdo, from sour-, sur- sur- + faire to make, do, from Latin facere — more at
1. : an overabundant supply, yield, or amount of something : ,
 < a murder with a surfeit of clues and motives — London Calling >
 < hard to choose … from such a surfeit of riches — Martin Levin >
2.
 a. : an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something (as food or drink) usually to a degree that causes physical disorders
  < died of a surfeit of sprats — T.C.Chubb >
 b. obsolete : the amount (as of food or drink) taken intemperately or in excess
  < his loathing stomach … shall cast the precious surfeit up again — Richard Blackmore >
3. archaic : a sickness arising from excess in eating and drinking : sickness caused by intemperance
 < he died of a surfeit caused by intemperance — Oliver Goldsmith >
4. : disgust caused by excess :
 < supplied abundantly and even to surfeit — Edmund Burke >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English surfeten, from surfet surfeit
transitive verb
: to feed, supply, or give to surfeit : disgust or sicken by excess : fill to satiety or repletion :
 < a large and corpulent individual surfeited … with good eating — Theodore Dreiser >
 < the public was already surfeited with … histories — Edmund Wilson >
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to indulge excessively or to satiety in any gratification (as of the appetite or senses)
 < a merrier set of gourmands … never surfeited in genial diet — E.K.Kane >
2.
 a. obsolete : to suffer from overindulgence : become sick especially from food or drink taken in excess
  < they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing — Shakespeare >
 b. archaic : to become nauseated or disgusted with an excess of something : become sick of something overabundant
  < so early dost thou surfeit with the wealth — H.F.Cary >
Synonyms: see

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