sottish

[ sot-ish ]

adjective

1. stupefied with or as if with drink; drunken.
2. given to excessive drinking.
3. pertaining to or befitting a sot.

Other Words From

• sottish·ly adverb
• sottish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sottish¹

First recorded in 1560–70; sot + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Instead of his former gracefulness, he appeared sottish and vulgar, which made me extremely reserved with him.

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Where should a man find any one so sottish as would make a doubt which of these to prefer in his choice?

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Deering's grin was sottish, the fellow was grossly fat, and he fixed his greedy glance on Stannard's note-book.

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And therefore, Secondly, Wilt thou be so sottish and unwise, as to venture thy soul upon a little uncertain time?

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The idea of making war can nowadays only enter the brain of a sottish bourgeois or a belated romantic.

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