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Meaning of SOTTISH

Pronunciation:  'sâtish

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous evening"; "his boozy drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a drunken binge"; "two drunken gentleman holding each other up"; "sottish behavior"
 
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 Synonyms: bibulous, boozy, drunk, drunken, inebriated, intoxicated
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sot"tish\, a. [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}, n.
 

 

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