cloysomeadj.
Having a cloying quality, tending to satiate.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > causing satiety
fulsomec1430
surfeiting?1569
glutting1574
over-cloying1592
cloysome1603
gluttish1655
palling1667
saturating1684
cloying1752
satiating1769
unwearable1846
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xlii. 143 The taste of which [feasts, revels, etc.] becommeth cloysome and vnpleasing to those that dayly see, and ordinarily have them.
1861 Macmillan's Mag. 4 209/2 Cloysome contrasts are too frequently indulged in.
1886 W. H. Hunt in Contemp. Rev. 49 475 His current paintings were cloysome in their richness.
1902 G. C. Williamson Holman Hunt 18 The pictures of the day in their cloysome richness.
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