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cloy

[ kloi ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.

    Synonyms: , ,



verb (used without object)

  1. to become uninteresting or distasteful through overabundance:

    A diet of cake and candy soon cloys.

cloy

/ °ì±ôɔɪ /

verb

  1. to make weary or cause weariness through an excess of something initially pleasurable or sweet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Çv±ð°ù·³¦±ô´Ç²â verb (used with object)
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¦±ô´Ç²â±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cloy1

1350–1400; aphetic variant of Middle English acloyen < Middle French enclo ( y ) er < Late Latin ¾±²Ô³¦±ôÄå±¹Äå°ù±ð to nail in, equivalent to in- in- 2 + -³¦±ôÄå±¹Äå°ù±ð, verbal derivative of ³¦±ôÄå±¹³Ü²õ nail
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cloy1

C14 (originally: to nail, hence, to obstruct): from earlier acloyen, from Old French encloer , from Medieval Latin ¾±²Ô³¦±ô²¹±¹Äå°ù±ð, from Latin ³¦±ôÄå±¹Äå°ù±ð to nail, from ³¦±ôÄå±¹³Ü²õ a nail
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The first version of this cake used only white sugar, and it was too one-note, too cloying.

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His voice is clear, soothing and sweet without being cloying or campy.

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Those who turned 10 before that date were “too old for something so cloying and cute,†said Barney.

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Fortunately, there is also enough good-natured goofball humor to keep Gordon Greenberg’s production from sinking into cloying goo.

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Before we get into what the Rabbit Hole is, here’s what it isn’t: a place with touch screens, a ball pit, inscrutable plaques, velvet ropes, a cloying soundtrack or adults in costumes.

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