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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