i Register
In some senses, sot is marked as archaic, vulgar, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
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.
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
To drink until one becomes drunk
To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted.
adj
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