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   surfeit

   /ˈsəːfɪt/

   noun

   • 1. an excessive amount of something: "a surfeit of food and drink"
   • ▪ an illness caused or regarded as being caused by excessive eating or drinking: "he died of a surfeit"

   verb

   • 1. cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess: "I am surfeited with shopping"
   • ▪ consume too much of something: "he never surfeited on rich wine"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin super- ‘above, in excess’ + facere ‘do’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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