# cloy

> English word · Verb · IPA /klɔɪ/

## Definitions
1. To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
2. To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
3. To fill to loathing; to surfeit.

## Etymology
From an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cloy