How to pronounce surfeit

surfeit SER-fut noun. 1 : an overabundant supply : excess. 2 : an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something (such as food or drink) 3 : disgust caused by excess.

Some common synonyms of surfeit are cloy, glut, gorge, pall, sate, and satiate. While all these words mean “to fill to repletion,” surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeit (n.)

early 14c., “excess quantity;” late 14c., “overindulgence,” from Old French sorfet “excess; arrogance” (Modern French surfait), noun use of past participle of surfaire “overdo,” from sur- “over” (see sur- (1)) + faire “do,” from Latin facere “to make, do” (from PIE root *dhe- “to set, put”). surfeit (v.)