| word | surfeit |
|---|---|
| definition | A supply that is more than enough; excess. |
| eg_sentence | Whenever he glanced into his daughter's room, he was always astonished at the utter surfeit of things—dolls, dollhouses, stuffed animals, cushions, games, posters, and clothing strewn everywhere. |
| explanation | Book and film critics often use surfeit when complaining about how an author or director has given us too much of something. In our consumer society, we're always noticing a surfeit of one thing or another, such as breakfast cereals in the supermarket. Statistics are always indicating a surfeit of lawyers or doctors or accountants in some parts of the country and a lack of them in others. The death of a young star always results in a surfeit of articles and books about him or her. And a potluck supper usually results in a surfeit of food, which might leave you surfeited, or stuffed |
| IPA | ˈsərfət |
Tags: mwvb::unit:29, mwvb::unit:29:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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