sot
[ sot ]
/ sɒt /
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noun Disparaging and Offensive.
a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated.
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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?
First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.
First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.
First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.
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First recorded before 1000; Middle English: “fool,” Old English sott, from Medieval Latin sottus; further origin unknown
Words nearby sot
Soseki, Sosnowiec, so-so, sostenuto, sostenuto pedal, sot, Soter, soteriology, so that, Sothern, Sothic
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British Dictionary definitions for sot (1 of 2)
sot1
/ (sɒt) /
noun
a habitual or chronic drunkard
a person stupefied by or as if by drink
Derived forms of sot
sottish, adjectiveWord Origin for sot
Old English, from Medieval Latin sottus; compare French sot a fool
British Dictionary definitions for sot (2 of 2)
sot2
/ (sɒt) /
adverb
Scot indeed: used to contradict a negative statementI am not! — You are sot!
Word Origin for sot
a variant of so 1, altered to rhyme with not
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