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

Concepten

alcoholicus

alcoholist

dronkaard

zatlap

dweil

Synoniemen

drunkard

alcoholic

inebriate

toper

drunk

lush

rummy

wino

inebriated

boozehound

wine bibber

soak

tippler

bibber

wine-bibber

habitual drunkard

fool

dotard

Vertalingen

sbevazzatore

bebedor

Trunkenbold

ubriacone

soûlard

buveur

Säufer

borracho

μέθυσος

beone

borratxo

sot

ivrogne

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/sɒt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: sot

Overgenomen van Oudengels: sot

Verwant aan Frans: zut

Verwant aan Middle Low German: sot

Verwant aan Middelnederlands: sot

Verwant aan Nederlands: zot

Verwant aan 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”).