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Meaning of cloy in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /klɔɪ/

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  1. 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. 2. cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing

    Examples

    • « Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite »

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