cloy

Use cloy in a sentence

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.

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cloy

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

Origin of cloy

aphetic from Middle English acloien, to hamper, harm, obstruct from Old French encloyer, to fasten with a nail, hinder from clou, a nail from Classical Latin clavus, nail: see close

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cloy

verb

cloyed, cloy·ing, cloys

verb

transitive

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

verb

intransitive

To be too filling, rich, or sweet.

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 ; see in- ². Latin clāvāre to nail ( from clāvus nail )

Related Forms:

cloy′ing·ly
adverb

cloy′ing·ness
noun

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present cloys, present participle cloying, simple past and past participle cloyed)

To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
To fill to loathing; to surfeit.

Origin

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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