Sot
(Sot) n. [F., fr. LL. sottus; of unknown origin, cf. Ir. sotal pride, soithir proud, or Chald. & NHeb.
shoten foolish.]
1. A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt. [Obs.] outh.
In Egypt oft has seen the sot bow down,
And reverence some dified baboon.
Oldham. 2. A person stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual drunkard. "A brutal sot." Granville.
Every sign
That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.
Roscommon. Sot
(Sot) a. Sottish; foolish; stupid; dull. [Obs.] "Rich, but sot." Marston.
Sot
(Sot), v. t. To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot. [R.]
I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted.
Dryden. Sot
(Sot), v. i. To tipple to stupidity. [R.] Goldsmith.
Sotadean
(So`ta*de"an) a. Sotadic.
Sotadic
(So*tad"ic) a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the lascivious compositions of the Greek poet Sotades.
— n. A Sotadic verse or poem.
Sote
(Sote) a. Sweet. [Obs.] Chaucer. Fairfax.
Sotel
(So"tel So"til) , a. Subtile. [Obs.]
Soteriology
(So*te`ri*ol"o*gy) n. [Gr. safety (from saving, a savoir, to save) + -logy.]
1. A discourse on health, or the science of promoting and preserving health.
2. (Theol.) The doctrine of salvation by Jesus Christ.
Sothe
(Sothe) a. Sooth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sothiac
(So"thi*ac Soth"ic) , a. Of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian name for the Dog Star; taking its
name from the Dog Star; canicular.
Sothiac, or Sothic, year (Chronol.), the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours, as distinguished
from the Egyptian vague year, which contained 365 days. The Sothic period consists of 1,460 Sothic
years, being equal to 1,461 vague years. One of these periods ended in July, a. d. 139.
Sotilte
(So"til*te) n. Subtlety. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sotted
(Sot"ted) a. & p. p. of Sot. Befooled; deluded; besotted. [Obs.] "This sotted priest." Chaucer.
Sottery
(Sot"ter*y) n. Folly. [Obs.] Gauden.
Sottish
(Sot"tish) a. [From Sot.] 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.
Sotto voce
(||Sot`to vo"ce) [It.]
