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Meaning of cloy in English
Pronunciation
/klɔɪ/
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Verb
cloy
Etymology
late Middle English: shortening of obsolete accloy ‘stop up, choke’, from Old French encloyer‘drive a nail into’, from medieval Latin inclavare, from clavus‘a nail’
Definitions
1.
supply or feed to surfeit
2.
cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
Examples
« Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite »