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    sur·feit
    [ˈsərfət]
    noun
    surfeit (noun) · surfeits (plural noun)
    1. an excessive amount of something:
      "a surfeit of food and drink"
      • archaic
        an illness caused or regarded as being caused by excessive eating or drinking:
        "he died of a surfeit"
    verb
    (be surfeited with)
    surfeit (verb) · surfeits (third person present) · surfeited (past tense) · surfeited (past participle) · surfeiting (present participle)
    1. cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess:
      "I am surfeited with shopping"
      • archaic
        consume too much of something:
        "he never surfeited on rich wine"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin super- ‘above, in excess’ + facere ‘do’.
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    noun
    1. an excessive amount of something:
      excess
      surplus
      abundance
      oversupply
      superabundance
      superfluity
      overdose
      glut
      avalanche
      deluge
      too much
      overindulgence
      overconsumption
      satiety
      satiation
      bellyful
      more than enough
      Opposite:
      lack
      dearth
      verb
      1. cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess:
        satiate
        gorge
        overfeed
        overfill
        glut
        cram
        stuff
        overindulge
        fill
        sicken
        nauseate
         
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        What is a synonym for Surfeit?
        Overabundance, glut, gorge, and cloy: these are all synonyms for surfeit, and they all convey a sense of too-much-ness, as does the Old French root of the word — surfaire, "to overdo." When it is used in reference to food or eating, surfeit tends to suggest indulging to the point of sickness or disgust.

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        What does surfeit mean?
        : disgust caused by excess : to feed, supply, or give to surfeit archaic : to indulge to satiety in a gratification (such as indulgence of the appetite or senses) Did you know? There is an abundance—you could almost say a surfeit—of English words that come from the Latin verb facere, meaning "to do."

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        Is surfeit a bad thing?
        When it is used in reference to food or eating, surfeit tends to suggest indulging to the point of sickness or disgust. In other contexts, though, the meaning is not necessarily negative: "A surfeit of kindness," for example, would hardly be a bad thing. "Surfeit."

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        Is there a surfeit in science & engineering?
        Scientists and engineers at some degree levels find themselves strongly in demand, while there's a surfeit in other areas. The very surfeit of money is taken as a guarantee of honesty. These costs, coupled with stagnant wages triggered by globalization, digitalization, automation and a general surfeit of labor are getting lost.

        SURFEIT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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        What does the word'surfeit' mean?
        A surfeit of compliments. Discomfort, disgust, nausea, etc. resulting from any kind of excess; satiety. (countable) An excessive amount of something. A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price. From Old French surfaire (“to augment, exaggerate, exceed"), from sur- + faire (“to do").

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        What does a surfeit of wheat mean?
        An excessive amount of something. A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price. 'surfeit' is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to refer to an excessive amount of something, usually to the point of being unpleasant or overwhelming. Example sentence: She had a surfeit of sweets, so she became ill.

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        Surfeit is a noun meaning an overabundant supply, an intemperate indulgence, or disgust caused by excess. It is also a verb meaning to feed, supply, or enjoy to the point of excess.

         
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        Overabundance, glut, gorge, and cloy: these are all synonyms for surfeit, and they all convey a sense of too-much-ness, as does the Old French root of the word — surfaire, "to overdo." When it is used in reference to food or eating, surfeit …

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