noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 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:"

Synonyms

All synonyms

overdose

Example

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"[…] I did not thinke / This amorous Surfetter would haue donn’d his Helme / For such a petty Warre:"

Etymology

From surfeit + -er.

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