surfeit
/ˈsɝː.fɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "If it proceed from the third occaſion, which is ſurfeit of Meats and Drinks, either natural or unnatural, then the ſigns are theſe ; […]"
- "“We are surfeit with sons of vassals of the king,” the merchant said."
- "A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price."
- "With what could be a surfeit of candour, [Mike] Skinner has described DJing as more creative than playing his own songs, because, to paraphrase, of the "stress" and "creativity" of not knowing what he'll be doing in three minutes' time."
- "I feel too much thy blessing: make it [this excess]less, For fear I surfeit! Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made."
- "He insisted on stopping at a charmingly romantic cabman's shelter somewhere, at five o'clock this morning, and we had a surfeit of hot cocoa and currant buns."
Etymology
From Middle English surfeite, surfet, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman surfet, surfeit and Old French sorfet, sorfait, past participle of surfaire (“to augment, exaggerate, exceed”), from sur- (“over”) + faire (“to do”). The adjective is derived from the noun.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: surfeite, surfet, sorfet
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɝː.fɪt/
- British English: /ˈsɜː.fɪt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more surfeit (comparative)
most surfeit (superlative)
surfeits (plural)
surfeits (present, singular)
surfeiting (participle, present)
surfeited (participle, past)
surfeited (past)