sot (redirected from sotting)

sot  (st)

n.

A drunkard.

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[Middle English, fool, from Old English sott, from Old French sot.]

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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

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sot - 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

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sot [sɒt] n (old) → ubriacone/a