Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 12, 2024 is:
 
 
 
 
 surfeit &#149; \SER-fut\&nbsp; &#149; noun
 Surfeit is a formal word that refers to an amount or supply that is too much or more than you need. It is synonymous with the word <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excess">excess</a>.

// The organization ended up with a surfeit of volunteers who simply got in each other's way.

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 Examples:
 "Pet owners can have a tougher time finding apartments because of the surfeit of landlords who don't allow dogs, cats or other animals in their buildings." — Andrew J. Campa, The Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
 
 
 
 Did you know?
 There is an abundance—you could almost say a surfeit—of English words that come from the Latin verb facere, meaning "to do." The connection to facere is fairly obvious for words spelled with "fic," "fac," or "fec," such as <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacrifice">sacrifice</a>, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fact">fact</a>, and <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infect">infect</a>. For words like <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupefy">stupefy</a> (a modification of the Latin word stupefacere) and <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hacienda">hacienda</a> (originally, in Old Spanish and Latin, facienda) the facere relation is not so apparent. As for surfeit, a "c" was dropped along the path that led from Latin through Anglo-French, where facere became faire ("to do") and sur- was added to make the verb surfaire, meaning "to overdo." It is the Anglo-French noun surfet ("excess"), however, that Middle English borrowed, eventually settling on the spelling surfeit.

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day