sot

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (archaic) Stupid person; fool.
2. Drunkard.

Verb

1. To drink until one becomes drunk
2. To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.

Adj

Upset, unhappy or bitter about something.

Adj

Insane, crazy, screwed up.

Verb

1. (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive, invariable) To short circuit, to go haywire or malfunction.
2. (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive, invariable) To go crazy.

Verb

simple past and past participle of sit

Sinonieme

drunkard

alcoholic

inebriate

toper

drunk

lush

rummy

wino

inebriated

boozehound

wine bibber

soak

tippler

bibber

wine-bibber

habitual drunkard

fool

dotard

Vertalings

sbevazzatore

bebedor

Trunkenbold

ubriacone

soûlard

buveur

Säufer

borracho

μέθυσος

beone

borratxo

sot

ivrogne

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/sɒt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: sot

Geërf van Old English: sot

Verwante met Frans: zut

Verwante met Middle Low German: sot

Verwante met Middle Dutch: sot

Verwante met Nederlands: zot

Verwante met Frans: sot

In summary

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”).