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cloy

English

Etymology

From an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from Vulgar Latin *incl?v?re, from Late Latin cl?v?re, present active infinitive of cl?v?, from Latin cl?vus.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /kl??/
  • Rhymes: -??

Verb

cloy (third-person singular simple present cloys, present participle cloying, simple past and past participle cloyed)

  1. (transitive) To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
  2. (transitive) To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
  3. (transitive) To fill to loathing; to surfeit.

Synonyms

  • (fill or choke up): block, block up, choke, fill, fill up, stop up, stuff, stuff up
  • (satiate): fill up, glut, gorge, sate, satiate, satisfy, stodge, stuff, stuff up
  • (fill to loathing): jade, nauseate, pall, sicken, surfeit

Related terms

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Translations

Anagrams

  • Coly, coly

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cloyingly

English

Etymology

cloying +? -ly

Adverb

cloyingly (comparative more cloyingly, superlative most cloyingly)

  1. In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
  2. In an excessively sweet manner.

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