accloy

accloy
To be disgusting to.

At the well head the purest streames arise: / But mucky filth his braunching armes annoyes, / And with vncomely weedes the gentle waue accloyes.


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  • Accloy — Ac*cloy ([a^]k*kloi ), v. t. [OF. encloyer, encloer, F. enclouer, to drive in a nail, fr. L. in + clavus nail.] To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See {Cloy}. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • accloy — transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English acloien, from Middle French encloer to drive in a nail, from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin in + clavare to nail, from clavus nail more at clavus obsolete : cloy …   Useful english dictionary

  • Redundance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Redundance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 redundance redundance Sgm: N 1 too much too much too many Sgm: N 1 superabundance superabundance superfluity superfluence| saturation Sgm: N 1 nimiety nimiety …   English dictionary for students

  • cloying — cloy|ing [ˈklɔı ıŋ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: cloy to be cloying (16 21 centuries), from accloy to make unable to walk (14 18 centuries), from Old French encloer to drive a nail in , from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin clavus nail ] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cloy — (v.) weary by too much, fill to loathing, surfeit, 1520s, from M.E. cloyen hinder movement, encumber (late 14c.), aphetic of accloyen (early 14c.), from O.Fr. encloer to fasten with a nail, grip, grasp, figuratively to hinder, check, stop, curb,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • cloy — verb [usu. as adjective cloying] disgust or sicken with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment. Derivatives cloyingly adverb Origin ME: shortening of obs. accloy stop up, choke , from OFr. encloyer drive a nail into …   English new terms dictionary

  • a- — 1. prefix not, without (amoral; agnostic; apetalous). Etymology: Gk a , or L f. Gk, or F f. L f. Gk 2. prefix implying motion onward or away, adding intensity to verbs of motion (arise; awake). Etymology: OE a , orig. ar 3. prefix to, at, or into …   Useful english dictionary

  • a-cloy — earlier and better f. accloy v. Obs. to cloy …   Useful english dictionary

  • ancloy — earlier form of accloy v …   Useful english dictionary

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