sot

The leather-faced old sots tossed their long reddish-grey locks in the air, and pirouetted round the big saké jar.

They were played by a jocular society, whose chief was termed Prince des Sots; hence the name Sotties given to the farces.

Come along, ye Sots, let's see if we can find the Dog again.

The spurious prudence, making the senses final, is the god of sots and cowards, and is the subject of all comedy.