sot.
Stupid person; fool.
Meaning & usage
Stupid person; fool.
Drunkard.
Where this word comes from
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”).
To drink until one becomes drunk
To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sotten, from the adjective (see above).
Upset, unhappy or bitter about something.
Where this word comes from
Compare sod (vulgar interjection).
Insane, crazy, screwed up.
Where this word comes from
From Cantonese short (sot¹, “crazy”), itself a clipping of English short circuit.
To short circuit, to go haywire or malfunction.
To go crazy.
Where this word comes from
From Cantonese short (sot¹, “crazy”), itself a clipping of English short circuit.
simple past and past participle of sit
Where this word comes from
Analogically formed on the model of get:got by those who use either git (“get”) or set (“sit”).
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