sot
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sot/sɒt/
▶noun a habitual drunkard. ▶verb (sots, sotting, sotted) archaic drink alcohol habitually.
– derivatives
sottish adjective.
sottish adjective.
– origin OE sott ‘foolish person’, from med. L. sottus, reinforced by OFr. sot ‘foolish’.
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