Sunday, November 3, 2019

Word of the Day: Surfeit


Surfeit: SURF-it

Part of speech:   noun

Origin:  Middle English, 14th century

1.  An overabundant or excessive amount of something

2.  Eat or drink to excess

Examples used in a sentence:

1.  The wedding with buffet tables piled high with a surfeit of delicacies, would be talked aobut in the family for years.

2.  He was on a strict diet, only giving into surfeit on his one cheat day of the month.

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