Cloysome

//ˈklɔɪsəm// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Cloying.

    "Feasts, banquets, revels, dancings, masks and turneys, rejoyce them that but seldome see them, and that have much desired to see them: the taste of which becommeth cloysome and unpleasing to those that daily see, and ordinarily have them […]."

Synonyms

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cloyingfillingsatisfying

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"Feasts, banquets, revels, dancings, masks and turneys, rejoyce them that but seldome see them, and that have much desired to see them: the taste of which becommeth cloysome and unpleasing to those that daily see, and ordinarily have them […]."

Etymology

From cloy + -some.

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