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overcloying

overcloying is the present participle and gerund 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 overcloying

What is overcloying the present participle and gerund of?
Overcloying is the present participle and gerund of overcloy.

Words near overcloying in the dictionary

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

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