Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - cloy
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Cloy
cloy
verb Etymology: Middle English, to hinder, lame, alteration of a~en to harm, maim, modification of Anglo-French encloer to nail, prick a horse with a nail in shoeing, from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin in + clavus nail Date: 1528 transitive verb to surfeit with an excess usually of something originally pleasing intransitive verb to cause surfeit Synonyms: see satiate
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1.
v.tr. (usu. foll. by with) satiate or sicken with an excess of sweetness, richness, etc. Derivatives cloyingly adv. Etymology: ME f. obs. acloy f. AF acloyer, OF encloyer f. Rmc: cf. ENCLAVE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. пресыщать to be cloyed with pleasure —- пресытиться наслаждениями 2. портить (аппетит) his appetite was cloyed by candy —- конфетами он испортил себе аппетит 3. приедаться; надоедать sentimental music tends to cloy —- сентиментальная музыка скоро надоедает ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
v. пресыщать too many sweets cloy the palate - избыток сладостей вызывает отвращение Syn: see surfeit ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
~ v if something sweet or pleasant cloys, it begins to annoy you because there is too much of it (Her sweet submissive smile began to cloy after a while.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
5.
- 1530, aphetic of Anglo-Norm. acloyer, from O.Fr. enclouer "to fasten with a nail, hinder, cripple a horse by driving a nail into the hoof," from clou "a nail," from V.L. inclavare, from L. clavus "a nail." Meaning "to fill to loathing, surfeit" is first recorded 1530. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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