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

sot

²

/ sɒt /

adverb

1. indeed: used to contradict a negative statement

   I am not! — You are sot!

Derived Forms

• ˈsottish, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sot¹

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

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

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.

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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'.

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

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

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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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