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    [Noun]  | "sur*feit" | \ ˈsər-fət \


    1: an overabundant supply : excess

    2: an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something (such as food or drink)

    3: disgust caused by excess

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English surfet, from Anglo-French, from surfaire to overdo, from sur- + faire to do, from Latin facere;

    [Verb]  | "surfeit" 


    1: to feed, supply, or give to surfeit

    2: to indulge to satiety in a gratification (such as indulgence of the appetite or senses)

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "surfeit" 


    1: the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed;


      * e.g., " ... ended up with a surfeit of volunteers who simply got in each other's way "




    [Verb]  | "surfeit" 


    1: to fill with food to capacity;


      * e.g., " ... having surfeited ourselves on raw oysters, we had to decline the rest of the restaurant's offerings "



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     [ "surfeit" ]

    1: an overabundant supply or indulgence

      * e.g.,  ... After partaking in the surfeit of tacos and tamales at the All-You-Can-Eat Taco Tamale Lunch Special, Beth felt rather sick. 

     [ "surfeit of websites" ]

    1: A collective noun from surfeit, meaning an excess; and since the method of navigating through the web is "to surf", many websites collectively would be a surfeit.

      * e.g.,  ... When Googling for best video game, I was presented with a surfeit of websites! 

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