surfeit

Meaning

Adj

Sated; surfeited; filled.

Noun

1. (countable) An excessive amount of something.
2. (uncountable) Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
3. (countable) A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
4. (countable, uncountable) Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
5. (countable) A group of skunks.

Verb

1. (transitive) To fill (something) to excess.
2. (transitive) To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
3. (transitive) To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.
5. (transitive) To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively).
6. (intransitive, reflexive) To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).
7. (figuratively, intransitive, reflexive) To indulge (in something) to excess.
8. (intransitive, reflexive) To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively).

Synonyms

glut

satiate

excess

repletion

cloy

satiety

superabundance

cornucopia

sate

satiation

gorge

overabundance

pall

gluttony

overeat

be stuffed

overindulge

overmuchness

oversupply

surplus

redundance

redundancy

residue

saturation

stuff

superfluity

voraciousness

voracity

wantonness

nimiety

fullness repletion

abundance

over-dose

charge

cloyingness

cram

discomfort

disgust

herd

indulge

inordinateness

lots of

minister

nausea

overfeed

overfill

overflow

overindulgence

pamper

plenty

Translations

excès

surabondance

Überfülle

weelderigheid

overvloed

exceso

eccesso

ahíto

Übersättigung

Übermaß

übersättigen

sovrabbondanza

excesso

bıkkınlık

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɜː.fɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: surfeite

In summary

From Middle English surfeite, surfet, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman surfet, surfeit and Old French sorfet, sorfait, past participle of surfaire (“to augment, exaggerate, exceed”), from sur- (“over”) + faire (“to do”). The adjective is derived from the noun.