Synonyms for sot


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sot
Phonetic Transcription : sÉ’t

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Définition of sot

Origin :
  • late Old English sott "stupid person, fool," from Old French sot, from Gallo-Romance *sott- (cf. Medieval Latin sottus, c.800), of uncertain origin, with cognates from Portugal to Germany. Surviving meaning "one who is stupefied with drink" first recorded 1590s. As a verb, it is attested from c.1200, but usually besot.
  • noun drunkard
Example sentences :
  • And she sot off for the school-house that evenin' a-walkin' a foot.
  • Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 4. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
  • Maybe it's because I hain't hed much to do with 'em that I'm sot on 'em.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • Wall, I sot down a minnit to think it over, and then the trouble commenced.
  • Extract from : « Uncles Josh's Punkin Centre Stories » by Cal Stewart
  • And she was sot and he was sotter, and at last they quarreled.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • A feller gits sort of sot in his ways, and it's hard to give in to the other chap.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • He took 'em all and sot down in the kitchen to look 'em over.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Putting the end over his shoulders, he compels the sot to come along.
  • Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis
  • They was all sot on your being her sweetheart, except me and her––and Joe.
  • Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
  • The sot Percie died shortly after, according to the manner of his kind.
  • Extract from : « Red Cap Tales » by Samuel Rutherford Crockett
  • Ye see, old Black Hoss he was sot agin Elderkin 'cause he was poor.
  • Extract from : « Oldtown Fireside Stories » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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