Meanings
adjectivesurfeitive (comparative more surfeitive, superlative most surfeitive)
comparative more surfeitive · superlative most surfeitive
- excessive
They lay thick, viscid underfoot, sweet and oversweet in the nostrils with a sweetness surfeitive and moribund, and at night now the ragged shadow of full-fledged leaves pulsed upon the barred window in shabby rise and fall.
1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, published 1985, page 86
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surfeitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfeitive
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“surfeitive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfeitive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surfeitive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfeitive.
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