surfeit

UK: /ˈsɜː^rfɪt/ US: /ˈsɝfɪt/ ,(sûr′fit)

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sur•feit /ˈsɜrfɪt/   n. [countable* usually singular]

1. too much or too large of an amount;
   excess:
   a surfeit of speeches at the dinner.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sur•feit  (sûr′fit), n. 

1. excess;
   an excessive amount:
   a surfeit of speechmaking.
2. excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking.
3. an uncomfortably full or crapulous feeling due to excessive eating or drinking.
4. general disgust caused by excess or satiety.

v.t. 

5. to bring to a state of surfeit by excess of food or drink.
6. to supply with anything to excess or satiety;
   satiate.

v.i. 

7. to eat or drink to excess.
8. to suffer from the effects of overindulgence in eating or drinking.
9. to indulge to excess in anything.

• Latin factus, past participle of facere to do (see fact); (verb, verbal) sorfeten, derivative of the noun, nominal
• Middle French surfait, surfet (noun, nominal use of past participle of surfaire to overdo), equivalent. to sur- sur-¹ + fait
• (noun, nominal) Middle English sorfete, surfait 1250–1300

Synonyms

• 1. superabundance, superfluity.
• 5, 6. stuff, gorge.
• 6. fill.

Antonyms

• 1. lack.

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surfeit / ˈsɜːfɪt/ noun

1. (usually followed by of) an excessive or immoderate amount
2. overindulgence, esp in eating or drinking
3. disgust, nausea, etc, caused by such overindulgence

verb

1. (transitive) to supply or feed excessively; satiate
2. (intransitive) to eat, drink, or be supplied to excess

Etymology: 13th Century: from French surfait, from surfaire to overdo, from sur-¹ + faire, from Latin facere to do