surfeit

Definitions

sur- (over) + -feit (the French form of fac, 'do/make') = 'overdone.' From Old French surfait, 'excess'; a surfeit is something carried past the point of enough — too much done.

Why It Means This

Same -feit ending as counterfeit and forfeit, all from the French route of fac. Surfeit pairs literary excess ('a surfeit of advice') with an older, bodily sense: the queasy overstuffed feeling after eating too much.

Common Collocations

• 1.a surfeit of过多的
• 2.surfeit of information信息过载
• 3.surfeit of choice选择过多

Example Sentences

• 1.

  There was a surfeit of food at the banquet.

• 2.

  We suffer from a surfeit of information these days.