Definition of Cloyed

1. Verb. (past of cloy) ¹

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Definition of Cloyed

1. cloy [v] - See also: cloy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloyed

clowning
clownish
clownishly
clownishness
clownishnesses
clownlike
clownology
clowns
clows
cloxacillin
cloxacillin sodium
cloxacillins
cloxazolam
cloy
cloye
cloyed (current term)
cloyes
cloying
cloyingly
cloyingness
cloyless
cloyment
cloyments
cloys
cloysome
cloyster
cloysters
clozapine
clozapines
cloze

Literary usage of Cloyed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"cloyed, C in Carney] a Piece of ... cloyed, I [among Fernen ~\ л A CLUB, [ Clubbe, Л*. Club, TV* t.] a great Stick. ..."

2. The New American Gardener, Containing Practical Directions on the Culture of by Thomas Green Fessenden (1842)
"This precaution will be more especially necessary in large peach orchards; for, otherwise, when the hogs become cloyed with the pulp of the peach, ..."

3. The Gospels: With Moral Reflections on Each Verse by Pasquier Quesnel (1855)
"... life in thy saints, on which they will feed eternally without wasting it, without being cloyed therewith, and without desiring any other thing whatever. ..."

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