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SODDENNESS

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sod⋅den

  [sod-n]
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–adjective
1. soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated.
2. heavy, lumpy, or soggy, as food that is poorly cooked.
3. having a soaked appearance.
4. bloated, as the face.
5. expressionless, dull, or stupid, esp. from drunkenness.
6. lacking spirit or alertness; inert; torpid; listless.
7. Archaic. boiled.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
8. to make or become sodden.
9. Obsolete. pp. of seethe.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME soden, sothen, ptp. of sethen to seethe

Related forms:
sod⋅den⋅ly, adverb
sod⋅den⋅ness, noun
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sod·den   (sŏd'n)   
adj.  

  1. Thoroughly soaked; saturated.

  2. Soggy and heavy from improper cooking; doughy.

  3. Expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink.

  4. Unimaginative; torpid.

v.   sod·dened, sod·den·ing, sod·dens

tr. & intr.v.  To make or become sodden.

[Middle English soden, boiled, past participle of sethen, to boil; see seethe.]
sod'den·ly adv., sod'den·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

sodden 
O.E. soden, strong pp. of seoþan "to cook, boil" (see seethe). Originally "boiled;" sense of "soaked" is first recorded 1820.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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