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Definition of Sottish
1. Adjective. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol. "Sottish behavior"
Similar to: Drunk, Inebriated, Intoxicated
Derivative terms: Booze, Drunkenness, Sottishness, Sottishness
Definition of Sottish
1. a. Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken.
Definition of Sottish
1. Adjective. alcoholic, drinking heavily ¹
2. Adjective. drunk ¹
3. Adjective. foolish, stupid, senseless ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sottish
1. resembling a sot [adj] - See also: sot
Medical Definition of Sottish
1. Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken. "How ignorant are sottish pretenders to astrology!" (Swift) Synonym: Dull, stupid, senseless, doltish, infatuate. Sot"tishly, Sot"tishness. Origin: From Sot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sottish
Literary usage of Sottish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1859)
"sottish, Ipor and folly is connected with, ... A leper once he lost, and gained
a king, Ahaz his sottish conqueror, whom he drew God's altar to disparage ..."
2. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1850)
"... nothing being more sottish than for the devil to divide his kingdom upon a
plot, to ruin his certainties upon hopes future and contingent. ..."
3. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... sottish vulgar amongst them, who, as they little considered their religion,
so probably did they not understand that mystery of the pagan theology ..."
4. The Diary of John Evelyn, Esq., F.R.S.: To which are Added a Selection from by John Evelyn, Henry Benjamin Wheatley, William Bray (1906)
"... sottish persons in a drunken bravado would try their fortune in this way. Oct.
22nd. From Livorno I took coach to ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language: Abridged from the American Dictionary by Noah Webster (1833)
"Bc-sr>t', r. /. to stupefy, to make stupid or foolish. B«-so!'-ted, p. made sottish
or foo!i№i. Be-sot'-ting. ppr. ranking stupid, ..."
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