sot
- a drunkard.
Origin of sot
Related Words for sot
sponge, alcoholic, tippler, drunk, lush, inebriate, boozer, wino, drinker, carouser, guzzler, dipsomaniacExamples from the Web for sot
Historical Examples of sot
And she sot off for the school-house that evenin' a-walkin' a foot.
Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 4.Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
Maybe it's because I hain't hed much to do with 'em that I'm sot on 'em.
A Little Book of Profitable TalesEugene Field
Wall, I sot down a minnit to think it over, and then the trouble commenced.
Uncles Josh's Punkin Centre StoriesCal Stewart
And she was sot and he was sotter, and at last they quarreled.
The Depot MasterJoseph C. Lincoln
A feller gits sort of sot in his ways, and it's hard to give in to the other chap.
Cap'n EriJoseph Crosby Lincoln
sot
1- a habitual or chronic drunkard
- a person stupefied by or as if by drink
Word Origin for sot
sot
2- Scot indeed: used to contradict a negative statementI am not! — You are sot!
Word Origin for sot
Word Origin and History for sot
late Old English sott "stupid person, fool," from Old French sot, from Gallo-Romance *sott- (cf. Medieval Latin sottus, c.800), of uncertain origin, with cognates from Portugal to Germany. Surviving meaning "one who is stupefied with drink" first recorded 1590s. As a verb, it is attested from c.1200, but usually besot.