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Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 10, 2008 surfeit \SUR-fit\, noun: 1. An excessive amount or supply. 2. Overindulgence, as in food or drink. 3. Disgust caused by overindulgence or excess. 4. To feed or supply to excess. This surfeit of high-ranking officers reflected a top-heaviness that existed throughout the SFOR coalition, starting in Sarajevo, where the headquarters for an entire corps had been set up to command the equivalent of a mere division. -- William Langewiesche, "Peace is Hell", The Atlantic, October 2001 The Episcopalians actually hold people back from entering seminaries, because there is a surfeit of priests in some dioceses and a lack of open positions. -- Paul Wilkes, "The Hands That Would Shape Our Souls", The Atlantic, December 1990 They were accustomed to eat till they became surfeited, and to drink till they were sick. -- Derek Brown, "Millennium: 1082-1083", The Guardian, September 1998 Surfeit is from Old French, from the past participle of surfaire, "to overdo," from sur-, "over" (from Latin super) + faire, "to do" (from Latin facere). Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for surfeit Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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