Definition of surfeit Surfeit

/sɚˈfʌt/ - [serfut] - sur•feit

We found 21 definitions of surfeit from 5 different sources.

What does surfeit mean?

Noun Plural: surfeits
surfeit - the state of being more than full
		excess, overabundance
		fullness the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing; "the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall"; "the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness"; "he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance"
surfeit - eating until excessively full
		repletion
		eating, feeding the act of consuming food
surfeit - the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
		glut, oversupply
		overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance, overabundance a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"
Verb surfeits, surfeiting, surfeited
surfeit - indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
		luxuriate, indulge thrive profusely or flourish extensively
surfeit - supply or feed to surfeit
		cloy
		furnish, supply, provide, render provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"

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surfeit (n.)
Excess in eating and drinking.
surfeit (n.)
Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking.
surfeit (n.)
Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
surfeit (v. i.)
To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess.
surfeit (v. i.)
To indulge to satiety in any gratification.
surfeit (v. t.)
To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets.
surfeit (v. t.)
To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments.

surfeit
sur′fit, v.t. to fill to satiety and disgust.—n. excess in eating and drinking: sickness or satiety caused by overfullness.—ns. Sur′feiter (Shak.), one who surfeits, a glutton; Sur′feiting, eating overmuch: gluttony. [O. Fr. surfait, excess, sorfaire, to augment—L. super, above, facĕre, to make.]