sot

Meaning

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

Synonyms

drunkard

alcoholic

inebriate

toper

drunk

lush

rummy

wino

inebriated

boozehound

wine bibber

soak

tippler

bibber

wine-bibber

habitual drunkard

fool

dotard

Translations

sbevazzatore

bebedor

Trunkenbold

ubriacone

soûlard

buveur

Säufer

borracho

μέθυσος

beone

borratxo

sot

ivrogne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɒt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sot

Inherited from Old English: sot

Cognate with French: zut

Cognate with Middle Low German: sot

Cognate with Middle Dutch: sot

Cognate with Dutch: zot

Cognate with French: 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”).