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surfeiter

Syllables: sur·feit·erUK/ˈsɜːfɪtə/US/ˈsɝːfɪtɚ/

surfeiter noun: a person who surfeits or overeats.

Noun

surfeiter (plural surfeiters)

  1. A person who surfeits or overeats.
    • […] I did not thinke / This amorous Surfetter would haue donn’d his Helme / For such a petty Warre:c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
    • Surfetters, and Cormorants he compared to beasts voyd of reason.1637, attributed to Walter Raleigh, The Life and Death of Mahomet, the Conquest of Spaine, together with the Rysing and Ruine of the Sarazen Empire, London: […] R[alph] H[odgkinson] for Daniel Frere...

Forms of surfeiter

pluralsurfeiters

Origin of surfeiter

From surfeit + -er.

Questions about surfeiter

What does surfeiter mean?
Surfeiter means a person who surfeits or overeats.
What part of speech is surfeiter?
Surfeiter is a noun.
How do you pronounce surfeiter?
Surfeiter is pronounced /ˈsɜːfɪtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of surfeiter?
The plural of surfeiter is surfeiters.

Words near surfeiter in the dictionary

  1. surfed
  2. surfeit
  3. surfeit water
  4. surfeit waters
  5. surfeited
  6. surfeiter
  7. surfeiters
  8. surfeiting
  9. surfeitings
  10. surfeitive
  11. surfeits

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