Definición de «surfeit» en inglés

adjective

1. (archaic) Sated; surfeited; filled.

noun

1. (countable) An excessive amount of something.

   • A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.

2. (uncountable) Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.

3. (countable) A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.

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

4. Disgust caused by excess; satiety.

5. (countable) A group of skunks.

verb

1. (transitive) To fill (something) to excess.

2. (transitive) To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).

   • She surfeited her children on sweets.

3. (transitive) To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.

4. (transitive, figurative) To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.

   • 1697, Aphra Behn, “On an ungrateful and undeserving Mistress, whom he cou’d not help Loving” in Poems upon Several Occasions, London: Francis Saunders, p. 50, While some glad Rival in her Arms did lye, Glutted with Love and surfeited with Joy.

5. (transitive) To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively).

6. (intransitive, reflexive) To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).

7. (intransitive, reflexive, figurative) To indulge (in something) to excess.

8. (intransitive, reflexive) To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively).