surfeit :

Search Words
You can search or browse for words

surfeit

sur fuht

  • n  the state of being more than full
  • n  the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
  • n  eating until excessively full
  • v  supply or feed to surfeit
  • v  indulge (one's appetite) to satiety

  • It is being widely speculated that the King of pop died from a surfeit of pills and junk food.
  • Increasingly, the wild conduct once blamed on "raging hormones" is being seen as the by-product of two factors: a surfeit of hormones, yes, but also a paucity of the cognitive .
  • This year saw a surfeit of excellently edited collections.
News & Articles

  • Sasha Frere-Jones: Kanye West’s assaultive new album.
    Why are so many people fond of being mad at Kanye West? Is it his lack of control, his self-absorption, his boastfulness? Complaining about a surfeit of ego in a celebrity performer is like going to Barcelona and bitching that the locals eat dinner too late. We have no . . .
    June 14, 2013 - The New Yorker

Bee Dictionary: Search, browse, look at common errors, idioms and more.