Surfeit

SUR-fit

Definition

(noun) An excessive amount of something.

Example

After the holidays, I had a surfeit of sweets and no desire to eat another cookie.

Fun Fact

“Surfeit” was frequently used in 18th-century medical writing, when overindulgence in food and drink was thought to cause all kinds of imbalances. Today, the word is often used playfully to describe streaming queues, inboxes, or overbooked calendars.

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