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Webster 1828 Edition


Surfeiting

SUR'FEITING

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ppr.
Oppressing the system by excessive eating and drinking; cloying; loading or filling to disgust.

SUR'FEITING

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Noun.
The act of feeding to excess; gluttony. Luke 21.

Definition 2024


surfeiting

surfeiting

English

Verb

surfeiting

  1. present participle of surfeit

Noun

surfeiting (plural surfeitings)

  1. An overindulgence in food and drink.
    • 1817, Marshall Hall, On Diagnosis (page 156)
      Cares, disappointments, busy days and restless nights, protracted studies, surfeitings, intemperance, and tobacco, all appear to have led to Lethargy.