1: an overabundant supply, yield, or amount of something : excess, superfluity

<a murder with a surfeit of clues and motives — London Calling>
<hard to choose … from such a surfeit of riches — Martin Levin>

2a : an intemperate or immoderate indulgence in something (such as food or drink) usually to a degree that causes physical disorders

<died of a surfeit of sprats — T. C. Chubb>

b obsolete : the amount (as of food or drink) taken intemperately or in excess

<his loathing stomach … shall cast the precious surfeit up again — Richard Blackmore>

3 archaic : a sickness arising from excess in eating and drinking : sickness caused by intemperance

<he died of a surfeit caused by intemperance — Oliver Goldsmith>

4: disgust caused by excess : satiety

<supplied abundantly and even to surfeit — Edmund Burke>

Origin of SURFEIT

Middle English surfait, surfet, from Middle French sourfait, seurfet, from past participle of sourfaire to reach too high, literally, overdo, from sour-, sur- sur- + faire to make, do, from Latin facere — more at do

First Known Use: 14th century (sense 1)

Related to SURFEIT

Synonyms:

bellyful, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overplus, oversupply, plethora, plus, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, excess, surplus, surplusage

Antonyms:

deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, undersupply

Related Words:

abundance, bounty, plentitude, plenty, profusion, sufficiency; overproduction, overstock

Near Antonyms:

dearth, lack, scarcity, want

Surfeit:

Syn:excess, surplus, abundance, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, overdose, glut, avalanche, deluge;
too much, more than enough;
overindulgence, overconsumption, satiety, satiation

Informal: bellyful

ANTONYMS: lack, dearth

e.g.

He had tummy trouble resulting from a surfeit of apples and vegetables

VERB

we'll all be surfeited with food and fuddled with wine

SYN: satiate, gorge, overfeed, overfill, glut, cram, stuff, overindulge, fill;
sicken, nauseate

be surfeited with)
Cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess:

I am surfeited with shopping

Please note that surfeit is a noun, usually followed by "of" and the identity of the items which are overabundant, as in: "there is a surfeit of questionable usage of the word 'surfeit'"

ROGET´S INTERNATIONAL THESAURUS.- SURFEIT.- 661. EXCESS NOUNS 16. overload,overlade, overburden, overweight, overweigh, overcharge, surcharge; overfill, stuff, crowd, cram, pack, congest, choque, overstuff, overfeed; surfeit, glut, gorge; satúrate, soak, drench; supersaturate, supercharge. The amount paid was surfeit.