Sottish

  • 11sottish — sot·tish || sÉ‘tɪʃ / sÉ’t adj. very drunk; tending to drink to excess; characteristic of a drunkard …

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  • 12sottish — a. 1. Dull, stupid, senseless, doltish, foolish, simple. 2. Stupid (from intemperance), dull, doltish, foolish, senseless, insensate, besotted, infatuate, tipsy …

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  • 13sottish — adjective old fashioned stupid and often drunk sottishness noun (U) …

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  • 14sottish — sot·tish …

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  • 15sottish — sot•tish [[t]ˈsɒt ɪʃ[/t]] adj. 1) stupefied with drink; drunken 2) pertaining to or befitting a sot 3) cvs muddleheaded, cloddish, or stupid • Etymology: 1560–70 sot′tish•ly, adv. sot′tish•ness, n …

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  • 16sottish — /ˈsɒtɪʃ/ (say sotish) adjective 1. stupefied, as with drink. 2. given to excessive drinking. 3. relating to or befitting a sot. {sot + t + ish1} –sottishly, adverb –sottishness, noun …

  • 17Sottishly — 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},… …

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  • 18Sottishness — 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},… …

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  • 19Imbecility — (Roget s Thesaurus) Folly. < N PARAG:Imbecility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 want of intelligence want of intelligence &c. 498 want of intellect &c. 450 Sgm: N 1 shadowness shadowness silliness foolishness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 imbecility… …

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  • 20sottishly — adverb in a sottish manner • Derived from adjective: ↑sottish …

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