sottish

[ sot-ish ]

adjective

1. stupefied with or as if with drink; drunken.
2. given to excessive drinking.
3. pertaining to or befitting a sot.

Other Words From

• sottish·ly adverb
• sottish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sottish¹

First recorded in 1560–70; sot + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Much of this sottish drinking was meant to drown sorrows, and forget the troubles and hardships of black life.

From Literature

The main point of distinction between the Cluricaune and the Shefro, arises from the sottish and solitary habits of the former, who are rarely found in troops or communities.

From Project Gutenberg

To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.

From Project Gutenberg

Catholics and Protestants had exchanged the kiss of Judas; and Dublin resigned herself to sottish conviviality.

From Project Gutenberg

Just as before, he took his "pleasure" coming and going to town, and living the life of sottish ease, as became a man of fashion and a court soldier.

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