/kloy/ , v.t.
1. to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
v.i.
2. to become uninteresting or distasteful through overabundance: A diet of cake and candy soon cloys.
[ 1350-1400; aph. var. of ME acloyen enclo ( y ) er inclavare to nail in, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + - clavare, v. deriv. of clavus nail ]
Syn. 1. glut, sate, bore.