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| cloy [ kloy ] (past and past participle cloyed, present participle cloy·ing, 3rd person present singular cloys) |
transitive and intransitive verb |
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weary with excess: to sicken somebody or become sickened with too much sweetness from something initially pleasing
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| [Mid-16th century. Shortening of obsolete accloy, via French encloer "drive in a nail" < medieval Latin inclavare< Latin clavus "nail"] |
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 cloy·ing·ly adverb |
| cloy·ing·ness noun |
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