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SODDEN
sodden, soppy
(adjective) wet through and through; thoroughly wet; “stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain”; “the speaker’s sodden collar”; “soppy clothes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sodden (comparative more sodden, superlative most sodden)
Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.
(archaic) Boiled.
(figuratively) Drunk; stupid as a result of drunkenness.
(figuratively) Dull, expressionless (of a person’s appearance)
Synonyms
• (soaked): dopping, waterlogged; see also wet
• (boiled)
• (drunk): See drunk
• (dull expression): blank, stonefaced
Verb
sodden (third-person singular simple present soddens, present participle soddening, simple past and past participle soddened)
(transitive) To drench, soak or saturate.
(intransitive) To become soaked.
Anagrams
• Seddon
Source: Wiktionary
Sod"den, a. [p. p. of Seethe.]
Definition: Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture; saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields.
Sod"den, v. i.
Definition: To be seethed; to become sodden.
Sod"den, v. t.
Definition: To soak; to make heavy with water.
SEETHE
Seethe, v. t. [imp. Seethed (Sod (, obs.); p. p. Seethed, Sodden (; p. pr. & vb. n. Seething.] Etym: [OE. sethen, AS. seĂł; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G. sieden, Icel. sj, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a burnt offering. Cf. Sod, n., Sodden, Suds.]
Definition: To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh. [Written also seeth.] Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. 2 Kings iv. 38.
Seethe, v. i.
Definition: To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil. 1 Sam. ii. 13. A long Pointe, round which the Mississippi used to whirl, and seethe, and foam. G. W. Cable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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