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sur·feit (sʉr′fit)

noun

  1. too great an amount or supply; excess (of) a surfeit of compliments
  2. overindulgence, esp. in food or drink
  3. discomfort, disgust, nausea, etc. resulting from any kind of excess; satiety

Etymology: ME surfet < OFr sorfait < sorfaire, to overdo < LL *superficere < L super (see super-) + facere, to make, do

transitive verb

to feed or supply to satiety or excess

Etymology: ME sorfeten

intransitive verb

Now Rare to indulge or be supplied to satiety or excess; overindulge

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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