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sot  (st)
n.
A drunkard.
[Middle English, fool, from Old English sott, from Old French sot.]
sot1
n
1. a habitual or chronic drunkard
2. a person stupefied by or as if by drink
[Old English, from Medieval Latin sottus; compare French sot a fool]
sottish  adj
sot2
adv
Scot indeed: used to contradict a negative statement I am not! — You are sot!
[a variant of so1, altered to rhyme with not]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sotsot - a chronic drinker                    
drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, wino
alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, souse, soaker - a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
imbiber, juicer, toper, drinker - a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
Translations
sot [sɒt] N → borrachín/ina m/f
sot
n (pej) → Säufer m, → Trunkenbold m (dated)
sot [sɒt] n (old) → ubriacone/a
sot [sɒt] n (old) → ubriacone/a


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So I jest sot down and took a standing-up snack and started.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
It 'uz pow'ful hot, deckhan's en roustabouts 'uz sprawled aroun' asleep on de fo'cas'l', de second mate, Jim Bangs, he sot dah on de bitts wid his head down, asleep--'ca'se dat's de way de second mate stan' de cap'n's watch
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
The lost prospect of a journey as sole passenger with this quarrelsome sot was not one to mourn over.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
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