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Definition of Cloyless
1. a. That does not cloy.
Definition of Cloyless
1. Adjective. being something that does not cloy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cloyless
1. that cannot cloy [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloyless
Literary usage of Cloyless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Angling Friends: Being a Second Series of Sketches of Men I Have Fished with by Fred Mather (1901)
"Pompey says of Marc Antony, "Epicurean cooks sharpen with cloyless sauce his
appetite," but there's something in the woods that renders epicurean cooks and ..."
2. A General Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language: To by George Fulton, G. Knight (1826)
"Clown, clown, n. a coarse ill-bred тал Clownish, clown'ish, a. ill-bred ; clumsy
Cloy, cloy, v. to surfeit ; to spike gum cloyless, ..."
3. Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced by John Bartlett (1906)
"Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite. Small to greater matters
must give way. Sc. s. ¡bid. ibid. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd ..."
4. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1901)
"Tie up the libertine in a field of feasts, Keep his brain fuming; Epicurean cooks
Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite; That sleep and feeding may ..."
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