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Webster 1913 Edition
sote
sote
(sōt)
, Adj.
Sweet.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Fairfax.
Definition 2024
sote
sote
See also: söte
Finnish
Etymology
From terms sosiaalinen (“social”) and terveys (“health”)
Initialism
sote
- Used attributively as modifier in compound terms to denote social and health services or issues as a whole, often separated with a hyphen from the headword.
- sote-uudistus -- social and health services reform
Middle English
Adjective
sote
- sweet
- Whanne that Aprille with his shoures sote / The droughte of March hath perced to the rote — Chaucer.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairfax to this entry?)