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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)
- alcoholic, drinking heavily
- drunk
- 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)