I. ˈsät, -äd.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English sot, sott, from Old English
1. archaic : fool , idiot
2. : a person dulled by excessive and continual drinking : a habitual drunkard
II. verb
( sotted ; sotted ; sotting ; sots )
Etymology: Middle English sotten, from sott, sot fool
transitive verb
1. archaic : to make a fool or simpleton of : befool , stultify , bemuse
2. : to waste in drunkenness : squander sottishly — usually used with away
sot away his time in taverns
intransitive verb
: tipple , guzzle
III.
chiefly dialect
past of sit
IV. adjective
Etymology: from English dialect past participle of English set
1. dialect : set , fixed
2. dialect : stubborn , obstinate