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sot

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–noun
a drunkard.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME: fool, OE sott < ML sottus < ?
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sot   (sŏt)   
n.  A drunkard.

[Middle English, fool, from Old English sott, from Old French sot.]
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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 1592. As a verb, it is attested from c.1386 (implied in sotted); besot "affect with a foolish manifestation" first recorded 1580.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
SOT
Society of Toxicology
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