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overcloyed

overcloyed is the simple past and past participle of overcloy.

Meaning of overcloy

Verb

overcloy (third-person singular simple present overcloys, present participle overcloying, simple past and past participle overcloyed)

  1. (dated, transitive) To fill beyond satiety.
    • A sort of vagabonds, rascals, and runaways, / A scum of Bretons, and base lackey peasants, / Whom their o'er-cloyed country vomits forth / To desperate ventures and assured destruction.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about overcloyed

What is overcloyed the simple past and past participle of?
Overcloyed is the simple past and past participle of overcloy.

Words near overcloyed in the dictionary

  1. overcloud
  2. overclouded
  3. overclouding
  4. overclouds
  5. overcloy
  6. overcloyed
  7. overcloying
  8. overcloys
  9. overclub
  10. overclubbed
  11. overclubbing

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