sot

Meanings

Plural: sots

Noun

a chronic drinker
Stupid person; fool.
Drunkard.

Verb

To drink until one becomes drunk
To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
To short circuit, to go haywire or malfunction.
To go crazy.

Adj

Upset, unhappy or bitter about something.
Insane, crazy, screwed up.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

alcoholic, drunk, drunkard, fool, inebriate, rummy, souse, suck-pint, wino

Scrabble Score: 3

sot is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sot is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sot is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 3

sot is a valid Words With Friends word