Cloy definition

kloi

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To be too filling, rich, or sweet.

verb

To cloy is to be too much of something pleasant.

An example of cloy is for a fruit pie to be far too sweet to finish even a slice.

verb

To make weary or displeased by too much of something, esp. something sweet, rich, etc.

verb

To fill up or choke up; to stop up.

verb

verb

To fill to loathing; to surfeit.

verb

To cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit.

verb

Origin of cloy

Short for obsolete accloy to clog from Middle English acloien from Old French encloer to drive a nail into from Medieval Latin inclāvāre Latin in- in in–² Latin clāvāre to nail (from clāvus nail)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Late Latin clāvāre, present active infinitive of clāvō, from Latin clāvus.

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