The Daily Word: Surfeit Definition: (noun) Satiety, repletion; weariness or disgust arising from excess, esp. excess of food or drink Etymology: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French surfeit. Anglo-Norman surfeit, surfet, surffet, sourfait, sourfet, Anglo-Norman and Middle French surfait, sorfait excess, surplus (late 12th cent. in Old French), excessive consumption of food or drink (13th cent. or earlier), in Anglo-Norman also trespass, crime, lawlessness (13th cent. or earlier), superfluity
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The Daily Word: Surfeit Definition: (noun) Satiety, repletion; weariness or disgust arising from excess, esp. excess of food or drink Etymology: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French surfeit. Anglo-Norman surfeit, surfet, surffet, sourfait, sourfet, Anglo-Norman and Middle French surfait, sorfait excess, surplus (late 12th cent. in Old French), excessive consumption of food or drink (13th cent. or earlier), in Anglo-Norman also trespass, crime, lawlessness (13th cent. or earlier), superfluity
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