sottish

comparative more sottish · superlative most sottish

1. alcoholic, drinking heavily

   Synonyms: boozy, drunk

2. drunk

   Synonyms: drunk

3. foolish, stupid, senseless

   Gabriel strove to restrain himself from breaking out into brutal language about the sottish Malins and his pound.

   1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 270

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   For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 4:22

   Synonyms: foolish