Definitions for Surfeit
ˈsɜr fɪtsur·feit

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surfeit, excess, overabundancenoun

   the state of being more than full

2. glut, oversupply, surfeitnoun

   the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

3. repletion, surfeitverb

   eating until excessively full

4. surfeit, cloyverb

   supply or feed to surfeit

5. surfeitverb

   indulge (one's appetite) to satiety

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surfeitnoun

   An excessive amount of something.

   A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.

2. surfeitnoun

   Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.

3. surfeitnoun

   A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.

   King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.

4. surfeitverb

   To fill to excess.

5. surfeitverb

   To feed someone to excess.

   She surfeited her children on sweets.

6. surfeitverb

   To overeat or feed to excess.

7. surfeitverb

   To sicken from overindulgence.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surfeitnoun

   Sickness or satiety caused by overfulness.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   When we are sick in fortune, often the surfeits of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and stars. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!
   I have long dream’d of such a kind of man,
   So surfeit swell’d, so old, and so profane. William Shakespeare, H. IV.

   Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made;
   Now shall he try his friends that flatter’d him. William Shakespeare, R. II.

   Thou’st years upon thee, and thou art too full
   Of the wars surfeits to go rove with one
   That’s yet unbruis’d. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Why, disease, do’st thou molest
   Ladies, and of them the best?
   Do not men grow sick of rites,
   To thy altars, by their nights
   Spent in surfeits? Ben Jonson.

   Surfeits many times turn to purges, both upwards and downwards. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   Peace, which he lov’d in life, did lend
   Her hand to bring him to his end;
   When age and death call’d for the score,
   No surfeits were to reckon for. Richard Crashaw.

   Our father
   Has ta’en himself a surfeit of the world,
   And cries, it is not safe that we should taste it. Thomas Otway.

2. To Surfeitverb

   To feed with meat or drink to satiety and sickness; to cram overmuch.

   Etymology: from sur and faire, French, to do more than enough, to overdo.

   The surfeited grooms
   Do mock their charge with snores. William Shakespeare.

3. To Surfeitverb

   To be fed to satiety and sickness.

   The commonwealth is sick of their own choice;
   Their over-greedy love hath surfeited. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   They are as sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   Take heed lest your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness. Luke xxi. 34.

   Though some had so surfeited in the vineyards, and with the wines, that they had been left behind, the generosity of the Spaniards sent them all home. Edward Hyde.

   They must be let loose to the childish play they fancy, which they should be weaned from, by being made to surfeit of it. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surfeit

   Surfeit is a human gene cluster that consists of a group of very tightly linked genes on chromosome 9 that do not share sequence similarity. Genes in this cluster are numbered 1 through 6: SURF1, SURF2, SURF3, SURF4, SURF5, and SURF6.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surfeit

   A surfeit is an excessive amount of something such as food, drink, or an activity. This excessive amount is usually to the point of discomfort, disgust, or even harm. It can also refer to the state of being fed or gratified beyond capacity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surfeitnoun

   excess in eating and drinking

2. Surfeitnoun

   fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking

3. Surfeitnoun

   disgust caused by excess; satiety

4. Surfeitverb

   to load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess

5. Surfeitverb

   to indulge to satiety in any gratification

6. Surfeitverb

   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

7. Surfeitverb

   to fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments

8. Etymology: [OE. surfet, OF. surfait, sorfait, excess, arrogance, crime, fr. surfaire, sorfaire, to augment, exaggerate, F. surfaire to overcharge; sur over + faire to make, do, L. facere. See Sur-, and Fact.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surfeit

   Surfeit is a human gene cluster that consists of a group of very tightly linked genes on chromosome 9 that do not share sequence similarity. Genes in this cluster are numbered 1 through 6: SURF1, SURF2, SURF3, SURF4, SURF5, and SURF6.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Surfeit in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Surfeit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Surfeit
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Surfeit
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Surfeit
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfeit
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Surfeit
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Surfeit
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Surfeit