Meaning & use
Surfeiting
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Indulging in something, especially food or drink, to an excessive or unpleasant degree.
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After surfeiting on rich desserts all evening, he felt queasy.
The characters spend the feast surfeiting themselves on wine and meat.
A note on using this word
A somewhat archaic, literary word; Shakespeare used 'surfeit' frequently to describe excess and its unpleasant consequences.
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