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sot

[ sot ]

noun

, Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated.

    Synonyms: lush, drunkard



sot

1

/ sɒt /

noun

  1. a habitual or chronic drunkard
  2. a person stupefied by or as if by drink
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


sot

2

/ sɒt /

adverb

  1. indeed: used to contradict a negative statement

    I am not! — You are sot!

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈsottish, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sot1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English: “fool,” Old English sott, from Medieval Latin sottus; further origin unknown
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sot1

Old English, from Medieval Latin sottus; compare French sot a fool

Origin of sot2

a variant of so 1, altered to rhyme with not
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Example Sentences

Well, he sot up a bank, en say anybody dat put in a dollar would git fo' dollars mo' at de en' er de year.

Den he tuck'n sot down, ole Brer Rabbit did, un wash his face un han's des same ez you see de cats doin'.

Mr. Lion sorter study, un Brer Rabbit sot dar, he did, un wash his face un lick his paws.

Finally he made each midshipman write in bold characters, "Mais, que je suis sot," and sign this humiliating confession.

It tuk de doctor an' a powerful lot o' medicine ter sot me up agin, an' I was kin' o' porely fer a long time.

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