sot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Stupid person; fool.
  2. Drunkard.
verb
  1. To drink until one becomes drunk
  2. To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
adj
  1. Upset, unhappy or bitter about something.
adj
  1. Insane, crazy, screwed up.
verb
  1. To short circuit, to go haywire or malfunction.
  2. To go crazy.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of sit
noun
  1. Audio recorded to accompany vision, as opposed to audio recorded later, such as voice-over.
  2. Audio captured from a person who is on camera, such as an interviewee; a sound bite.

Pronunciation

/sɒt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sot.wav

Word forms

sot sots sotting sotted more sot most sot sot sot

Etymology

From Middle English sot, from Old English sot, sott (“foolish, stupid”), from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of obscure origin and relation. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to French zut! (“damn it!”). Compare Middle Low German sot (“insane, foolish, stupid”), Middle Dutch sot ("foolish, absurd, stupid"; > modern Dutch zot), French sot (“stupid, foolish, goofy”).

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