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sottish

adj

Etymology

From sot + -ish.

  1. derived from sottus
  2. inherited from sot
  3. inherited from sot
  4. suffixed as sottish — “sot + ish”

Definitions

  1. alcoholic, drinking heavily

  2. drunk

  3. foolish, stupid, senseless

    • For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
    • Gabriel strove to restrain himself from breaking out into brutal language about the sottish Malins and his pound.

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Derived

sottishly, sottishness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sottish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA