sot

Etymology

From Middle English sot, from Old English sot, sott (“foolish, stupid”), of obscure origin and relation. Compare Dutch zot (“silly”), French sot.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

sot (plural sots)

1. (archaic) stupid person; fool
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 2

     Remember / First to possess his books; for without them / He's but a sot, as I am […]

   • Oldham

     In Egypt oft has seen the Sot bow down, / And reverence some deified Baboon.

2. drunkard
   • Roscommon

     Every sign / That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.

Verb

sot (third-person singular simple present sots, present participle sotting, simple past and past participle sotted)

1. To drink until one becomes drunk
2. To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
   • Dryden

     I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted.

Anagrams

• OST, OTs, TOS, TSO, Tso, ost

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tˢjādīti, from *ḱjeh₂ diHteí, dative-locative compound, literally ‘this day’. Same type of construction as sonte, sivjet. More at ditë.

Adverb

sot

1. today

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔt/

Noun

sot m (plural sots)

1. pit

Etymology

From Latin exsūctus (compare Italian asciutto, Venetian suto, Friulian sut, Spanish enjuto, Portuguese enxuto) or Latin suctus (compare Romanian supt).

Adjective

sot

1. dry

Etymology

Cognate with Latin sunt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoːt/

Verb

sōt

1. third-person plural present active indicative of esu

Etymology

From Middle French sot, from Old French soz, from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so/

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Adjective

sot (feminine singular sotte, masculine plural sots, feminine plural sottes)

1. silly, foolish, stupid

Noun

sot m (plural sots, feminine sotte)

1. imbecile, fool

Further reading

• “sot” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adverb

sot

1. under, beneath
2. below

Verb

sot

1. inflection of soen:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. first-person singular preterite indicative
   3. third-person singular preterite indicative
   4. second-person plural preterite indicative
   5. second-person plural imperative

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Noun

sōt n

1. soot.

Etymology

From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.

Noun

sōt f

1. sickness

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːt/

• Audio

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish sōt, from Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.

Noun

sot n

1. soot

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish sōt, from Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz

Noun

sot c

1. (archaic) disease, sickness

Noun

sot (plural sots)

1. a sort
2. a kind
3. a type