Meaning: This adjective means disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess. It also means excessively sweet or sentimental.
Origin: Cloying derives from the verb cloy, which now means “to supply or indulge to excess”, but which once meant “to clog”, and earlier “to prick a horse with a nail in shoeing”. Cloy itself traces via Middle English to Anglo-French encloer (which also meant “to prick a horse with a nail in shoeing”) and ultimately to Latin clavus, meaning “nail”.
Usage: The sweet was rich and tasty without being cloying.
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