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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