sot

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

buveur

soûlard

sot

ivrogne

poivrot

pochard

noir

alcoolique

Synonymes

drunkard

alcoholic

inebriate

toper

drunk

lush

rummy

wino

inebriated

boozehound

wine bibber

soak

tippler

bibber

wine-bibber

habitual drunkard

fool

dotard

Traductions

bebedor

sbevazzatore

ubriacone

Trunkenbold

borracho

Säufer

borracho

beberrão

alcohólico

bêbado

borratxo

μέθυσος

beone

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɒt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sot

Hérité de ancien anglais: sot

Appartenant à français: zut

Appartenant à Middle Low German: sot

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: sot

Appartenant à néerlandais: zot

Appartenant à français: 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”).