Cloy
/klɔɪ/noun
To become unpleasantly sweet, rich, or excessive; also, to satisfy or disgust by too much of something.
Did you know?Cloy comes from an Old French word meaning “to nail or fasten,” which later developed the eerie sense of being “stuck” or “clogged” by excess.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*glei-
“to stick together, be sticky”
Latin
Latin
glu- / glutinare
“to glue or bind together”
Old French
Old French
cloer
“to nail, fasten, or stick”
Middle English
English
cloien
“to satisfy, stuff, or glut”
Modern English
English
cloy
“to overfill the senses, especially with sweetness or excess”