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sodden.

Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈsɒ.dən/UK/ˈsɑ.dən/General-American
  1. Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.

  2. Boiled.

    archaic
  3. Drunk; stupid as a result of drunkenness.

    figuratively
  4. Dull, expressionless (of a person’s appearance).

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sodden, soden, from Old English soden, ġesoden, from Proto-Germanic *sudanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to seethe; boil”). Cognate with West Frisian sean, Dutch gezoden (“seethed, boiled”) (related to Dutch zode (“swampy land”)), Low German saden, söddt, German gesotten, Swedish sjuden, Icelandic soðinn. More at seethe.

verb/ˈsɒ.dən/UK/ˈsɑ.dən/General-American
  1. To drench, soak or saturate.

    transitive
  2. To become soaked.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sodden, soden, from Old English soden, ġesoden, from Proto-Germanic *sudanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to seethe; boil”). Cognate with West Frisian sean, Dutch gezoden (“seethed, boiled”) (related to Dutch zode (“swampy land”)), Low German saden, söddt, German gesotten, Swedish sjuden, Icelandic soðinn. More at seethe.

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