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surfeit noun [ ˈsəːfɪt ]

• an excessive amount of something.
• "a surfeit of food and drink"
Similar: excess, surplus, abundance, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, overdose, glut, avalanche, deluge, too much, more than enough, overindulgence, overconsumption, satiety, satiation, bellyful,
Opposite: lack, dearth,

surfeit verb

• cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess.
• "I am surfeited with shopping"
Similar: satiate, gorge, overfeed, overfill, glut, cram, stuff, overindulge, fill, sicken, nauseate,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin super- ‘above, in excess’ + facere ‘do’.


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