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cloyment

cloyment noun: satiety.

Noun

cloyment (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) satiety
    • Alas, their love may be called appetite, no motion of the liver, but the palate, that suffer surfeit, cloyment, and revolt […]c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Origin of cloyment

From cloy + -ment?

Questions about cloyment

What does cloyment mean?
Cloyment means satiety.
What part of speech is cloyment?
Cloyment is a noun.

Words near cloyment in the dictionary

  1. cloyeth
  2. cloying
  3. cloyingly
  4. cloyingness
  5. cloyless
  6. cloyment
  7. cloyne
  8. cloys
  9. cloysome
  10. cloyster
  11. cloystered

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