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Today's Word "surfeit"

An excessive amount or supply on

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surfeit \SUR-fit\ (noun) - 1 : An excessive amount or supply. 2 : Overindulgence, as in food or drink. 3 : Disgust caused by overindulgence or excess.

(transitive verb) - To feed or supply to excess.

"It is from boredom, our boredom, not from surfeit, on the contrary, from our thirst... not surfeit, you're mistaken there!" -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 'The Idiot'

 

Surfeit is from Old French, from the past participle of surfaire, "to overdo," from sur-, "over" (from Latin super) + faire, "to do" (from Latin facere).


 

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