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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

seethe

  [seeth] verb, seethed or (Obsolete) sod; seethed or (Obsolete) sod⋅den or sod; seeth⋅ing; noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to surge or foam as if boiling.
2. to be in a state of agitation or excitement.
3. Archaic. to boil.
–verb (used with object)
4. to soak or steep.
5. to cook by boiling or simmering; boil.
–noun
6. the act of seething.
7. the state of being agitated or excited.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE sēothan; c. G sieden, Sw sjuda

Related forms:
seeth⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. See boil 1 .
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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

seethe 
O.E. seoþan "to boil" (class II strong verb; past tense seaþ, pp. soden), from P.Gmc. *seuthanan (cf. O.N. sjoða, O.Fris. siatha, Du. zieden, O.H.G. siodan, Ger. sieden "to seethe"), from PIE base *seut- "to seethe, boil." Driven out of its literal meaning by boil (v.); it survives largely in metaphoric extensions. Fig. use, of persons or populations, "to be in a state of inward agitation" is recorded from 1588 (implied in seething). It had wider fig. uses in O.E., e.g. "to try by fire, to afflict with cares." Now conjugated weak, and pp. sodden (q.v.) no longer felt as connected.

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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