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Webster 1913 Edition


Sottish

Sot′tish

,
Adj.
[From
Sot
.]
Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken.
How ignorant are
sottish
pretenders to astrology!
Swift.
Syn. – Dull; stupid; senseless; doltish; infatuate.
Sot′tish-ly
,
adv.
Sot′tish-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sottish

SOT'TISH

, a.
1.
Dull; stupid; senseless; doltish; very foolish. How ignorant are sottish pretenders to astrology!
2.
Dull with intemperance.

Definition 2024


sottish

sottish

English

Adjective

sottish (comparative more sottish, superlative most sottish)

  1. alcoholic, drinking heavily
  2. drunk
  3. foolish, stupid, senseless
    1611, Bible (KJV), Jeremiah 4:22:
    For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Quotations

  • Gabriel strove to restrain himself from breaking out into brutal language about the sottish Malins and his pound. - "The Dead", from "Dubliners" by James Joyce (1914)