sowse

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/saʊs/

A form of souse — The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.

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Meanings

nounsowse (plural sowses)

plural sowses

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of souse.
verbsowse (third-person singular simple present sowses, present participle sowsing, simple past and past participle sowsed)

present singular third person sowses · participle present sowsing · participle past sowsed · past sowsed

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of souse.

    The Dirae sowse from heaven with swift descent.

    1697, Virgil, “The Eighth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
    1 more example

    For then I viewd his body fall and ſowſe / Into the fomy maine, […]

    c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sowse

housemousespouselaosnousblousetaosrousegrousescouseManauslouseespousedousedormousegasthaushoussdegausschiaussouseunblouse
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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

sowse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sowse

MLA

“sowse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sowse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sowse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sowse.

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