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English
Etymology
From an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Late Latin clāvāre, present active infinitive of clāvō, from Latin clāvus.
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Verb
cloy (third-person singular simple present cloys, present participle cloying, simple past and past participle cloyed)
- (transitive) To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
- (transitive) To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
- (transitive) To fill to loathing; to surfeit.
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- (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
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