sottish
Look at other dictionaries:
Sottish — Sot tish, a. [From {Sot}.] Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken. [1913 Webster] How ignorant are sottish pretenders to astrology! Swift. [1913 Webster] Syn: Dull; stupid; senseless; doltish; infatuate. [1913 Webster] {Sot tish*ly}, adv.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sottish — index drunk Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sottish — [sät′ish] adj. 1. of or like a sot 2. stupid or foolish from or as from too much drinking sottishly adv … English World dictionary
sottish — sot ► NOUN ▪ a habitual drunkard. DERIVATIVES sottish adjective. ORIGIN Latin sottus foolish person … English terms dictionary
sottish — adjective given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol a bibulous fellow a bibulous evening his boozy drinking companions thick boozy singing a drunken binge two drunken gentlemen holding each other up sottish behavior … Useful english dictionary
sottish — adjective Date: 1583 resembling a sot ; drunken; also doltish, stupid • sottishly adverb • sottishness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
sottish — sottishly, adv. sottishness, n. /sot ish/, adj. 1. stupefied with or as if with drink; drunken. 2. given to excessive drinking. 3. pertaining to or befitting a sot. [1560 70; SOT + ISH1] * * * … Universalium
sottish — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, addicted to drink, asinine, beef brained, beef witted, bibacious, bibulous, blockish, bovine, chumpish, cloddish, cowish, crass, dense, doltish, drinking, drunken, dullard, dumb, duncical, duncish, fat, given … Moby Thesaurus
sottish — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inebriated, intoxicated, soused; see drunk … English dictionary for students
sottish — sot·tish || sÉ‘tɪʃ / sÉ’t adj. very drunk; tending to drink to excess; characteristic of a drunkard … English contemporary dictionary
