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surfeit

The origin and history of surfeit.

Etymology

Comes from Middle English surfeite or surfet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman surfet or surfeit and Old French sorfet or sorfait, the past participle of surfaire (“to augment, exaggerate, exceed”), from sur- (“over”) and faire (“to do”). The adjective derives from the noun.

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