cloyed, ppl. a.
(klɔɪd)
[f. cloy v.1 + -ed.]
Clogged, cumbered, burdened; sated, surfeited.
| 1599 Daniel Poet. Ess. Musophilus B iij, The fulness of a cloy'd neglect. 1611 Shakes. Cymb. i. vi. 47 The cloyed will, That satiate yet vnsatisfi'd desire. 1712 Arbuthnot John Bull 80 Like a decayed beauty to a cloyed lover in quest of new game. 1837 M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 2 The cloyed palate of the epicure. |