surfeit
An excessive amount of somethingAn excessive amount of something.
» A surfeit of alternatives leads to a bad choice.
Избыток вариантов приводит к плохому выбору. — salikh
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(countable)An excessive amount of something.
A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.
Übermaß
изли́шекizlíšek, избы́токizbýtok
надлишокnadlyšok, надмірністьnadmirnistʹ
(uncountable)Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
Übersättigung
неуме́ренностьneumérennostʹ, изли́шествоizlíšestvo, обжо́рствоobžórstvo
переїданняperejidannja
(countable)A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.
(countable, uncountable)Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
(countable)A group of skunks.
- the state of being more than full
- eating until excessively full
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
Examples
1 sentencesA surfeit of alternatives leads to a bad choice.
ruИзбыток вариантов приводит к плохому выбору. — salikh
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English surfeite, surfet, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman surfet, surfeit and OlFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: surfeitsSynonyms
12 synonyms- the state of being more than full:excessoverabundance
- eating until excessively full:repletion
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall:glutoversupply
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.