sottish

[ sot-ish ]

/ ˈsɒt ɪʃ /

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adjective

stupefied with or as if with drink; drunken.

given to excessive drinking.

pertaining to or befitting a sot.

Origin of sottish

First recorded in 1560–70; sot + -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM sottish

sot·tish·ly, adverbsot·tish·ness, noun

Words nearby sottish

sotie, Soto, sotol, so to speak, sotted, sottish, sotto voce, SOTU, sou, souari nut, soubise

Example sentences from the Web for sottish

It is the story of an unprincipled boy, a flighty young married woman, and a sottish husband.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 26, 1895|Various
It was my misfortune to drag on a heavy chain above fifteen years with a sottish yoke-fellow.
Amelia|Henry Fielding
Their feeling and experience sufficiently confuteth all that time-wasters now plead for their sottish prodigality.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter
I will not argue pro et contra, as do the sottish sophisters of this town and other places.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois Rabelais

See where the hosts of Allah charge upon The sottish infidel!
The Mortal Gods and Other Plays|Olive Tilford Dargan