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SOTTISH
bibulous, boozy, drunken, sottish
(adjective) 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 gentlemen holding each other up”; “sottish behavior”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sottish (comparative more sottish, superlative most sottish)
alcoholic, drinking heavily
drunk
foolish, stupid, senseless
Synonyms
• (alcoholic): boozy, drunk
• (drunk): See drunk
• (foolish): See foolish or stupid
Source: Wiktionary
Sot"tish, a. Etym: [From Sot.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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