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noun
a drunkard.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English: fool, Old English sott < Medieval Latin sottus < ?
before 1000; Middle English: fool, Old English sott < Medieval Latin sottus < ?
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sot1 (sɒt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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] | |
| 'sottish1 | |
| —adj | |
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Sot
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| sot2 (sɒt) | |
| —adv | |
| (Scot) indeed: used to contradict a negative statement: I am not! — You are sot! | |
| [a variant of | |
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Word Origin & History
sot
late O.E. sott "stupid person, fool," from O.Fr. sot, from Gallo-Romance *sott- (cf. M.L. sottus, c.800), of uncertain origin, with cognates from Portugal to Germany. Meaning "one who is stupefied with drink" first recorded 1590s. As a verb, it is attested from late 14c. (implied in sotted); besot "affect
with a foolish manifestation" first recorded 1580.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| SOT Society of Toxicology |
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Example sentences
The laborers had grown violent, smashing open several bales of sot weed and boldly liberating its contents.
Sot it's not in the galactic plane but slightly above it.
There appears to be some public interest in the millionaire and his millions, how he sot them and what he does with them.
What you say about chiropractic is obviously your opinion, not statements about facts, sot it is no reason to bother about that.
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