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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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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