Added 10 October 2026
surfeit
/ˈsɜː.fɪt/ noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about surfeit at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The state of being more than full.
- The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall.
- Eating until excessively full.
verb
Origin
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.
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