surfeit

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun the state of being more than full
  2. noun the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
  3. noun eating until excessively full

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

excess, overabundance

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