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In some senses, sot is marked as archaic, vulgar, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
sot
/sɒt/
noun 4verb 4adj 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
still
VERB + SOT
engineers, seen
SOT + NOUN
bow, liao, pv
PREP.
about, down
ADV.
recently
Definitions
noun
1
Stupid person; fool.
Remember First to possess his books; for without them He's but a sot, as I am […]
c. 1670-1680, John Oldham, The Eighth Satire of Monsieur Boileau, imitated In Egypt oft has seen the Sot bow down, And reverence some deified Baboon.
2
Drunkard.
Every sign That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.
Take a picture by Teniers, of sots quarrelling over their dice; it is an entirely clever picture; so clever that nothing in its kind has ever been done equal to it; but it is also an entirely base and evil picture.
verb
1
To drink until one becomes drunk
2
To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted.
adj
1
Upset, unhappy or bitter about something.
Ngl still damn sot about PV barging into Pasir Ris-Punggol and forcing a vote-split. The disrespect towards SDA was NOT ACCEPTABLE
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Remember First to possess his books; for without them He's but a sot, as I am […]
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c. 1670-1680, John Oldham, The Eighth Satire of Monsieur Boileau, imitated In Egypt oft has seen the Sot bow down, And reverence some deified Baboon.
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Every sign That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.
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I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted.
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Ngl still damn sot about PV barging into Pasir Ris-Punggol and forcing a vote-split. The disrespect towards SDA was NOT ACCEPTABLE
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all swe [software engineers] recently sot sot one. spent the last 3 years chasing too much headline salaries but now tech winter so all scared and frustrated . frustrations boiling over
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