English Explanatory Dictionary

cloy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
  2. To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
  3. To fill to loathing; to surfeit.
name
  1. A male given name.

Pronunciation

/klɔɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cloy.wav

Word forms

cloy cloys cloying cloyed

Etymology

From an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus.

Synonyms

block block up choke fill fill up stop up stuff stuff up glut gorge sate satiate satisfy stodge jade nauseate pall sicken surfeit

Related words

clove

Derived words

cloyer cloyless cloyment cloysome overcloy
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