surfeit
noun
1. the state of being more than full
Similar word(s): excess, overabundance
Definition categories: state, fullness
2. the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
Similar word(s): glut, oversupply
Definition categories: attribute, overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance
3. eating until excessively full
Similar word(s): repletion
Definition categories: act, eating, feeding
Sentences with surfeit as a noun:
- A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.
- King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.
verb
1. supply or feed to surfeit
Similar word(s): cloy
Definition categories: possession, furnish, provide, render, supply
2. indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
Definition categories: consumption, indulge, luxuriate
Sentences with surfeit as a verb:
- She surfeited her children on sweets.