besot, stupefy
(verb) make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
besot (third-person singular simple present besots, present participle besotting, simple past besotted, past participle besotten or besotted)
(transitive) To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.
• Robert Sheckley, "Legend of Conquistadors", Fantasy & Science Fiction: Vol. 104, Iss. 4; pg. 50; Apr, 2003
• Tebos, beots, boets, botes, tobes
Source: Wiktionary
Be*sot", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Besotting.]
Definition: To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate. Fools besotted with their crimes. Hudibras.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
