sot
Translingual
editSymbol
editsot
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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!”).[1][2]
Compare Middle Low German sot (“insane, foolish, stupid”), Middle Dutch sot ("foolish, absurd, stupid"; > modern Dutch zot (“silly”)), French sot (“stupid, foolish, goofy”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /sɒt/
- Rhymes: -ɒt
- Homophone: sought (cot–caught merger)
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editsot (plural sots)
- (archaic) Stupid person; fool.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Remember
First to possess his books; for without them
He's but a sot, as I am […]
- c. 1670-1680, John Oldham, The Eighth Satire of Monsieur Boileau, imitated
- In Egypt oft has seen the Sot bow down,
And reverence some deified Baboon.
- In Egypt oft has seen the Sot bow down,
- Drunkard.
- 1684, Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, Essay on Translated Verse:
- Every sign
That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.
- April 21, 1864, John Ruskin, "Traffic", Unto This Last and Other Writings, New York: Penguin (1997), p. 235
- Take a picture by Teniers, of sots quarrelling over their dice; it is an entirely clever picture; so clever that nothing in its kind has ever been done equal to it; but it is also an entirely base and evil picture.
Synonyms
edit- (stupid person): See also Thesaurus:idiot (intelligence) or Thesaurus:fool (wisdom)
- (drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also Thesaurus:drunkard
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Verb
editsot (third-person singular simple present sots, present participle sotting, simple past and past participle sotted)
- To drink until one becomes drunk
- To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
- 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
- I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted.
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References
edit- ^ Metzler, I. (2015). Fools and Idiots? Intellectual Disability in the Middle Ages. United States: Manchester University Press.
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zot”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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editAlbanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *tˢjādīti, from a Pre-Albanian (post-Proto-Indo-European) *ḱyeh₂ dh₂itéy (dative-locative compound, literally “this day”). Same type of construction as sonte, sivjet. See also ditë, which is related to the second component.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editsot
Derived terms
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editReferences
editCatalan
editEtymology
editFrom a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia root *(t)sott-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsot m (plural sots)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “sot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dalmatian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin exsūctus (compare Italian asciutto, Venetan suto, Friulian sut, Spanish enjuto, Portuguese enxuto) or Latin suctus (compare Romanian supt).
Adjective
editsot
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, cognate with Norwegian sott, Swedish sot (archaic), German Sucht. Derived from the verb *seukaną.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsot c (singular definite soten, plural indefinite soter)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “sot” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faliscan
editEtymology
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editVerb
editsōt
- third-person plural present active indicative of 𐌄𐌔𐌞 (esú)
- 2009, Gabriël Bakkum, The Latin dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 years of scholarship (in English), Vossiuspers UvA, page 529:
- [---]fatecela·letezotxxiiii
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French sot, from Old French soz, from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to modern zut! (“damn it!”). This Latin word was borrowed into Germanic languages such as Dutch zot, Old English sott (modern English sot).[1][2]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsot (feminine sotte, masculine plural sots, feminine plural sottes)
Derived terms
editNoun
editsot m (plural sots, feminine sotte)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Metzler, I. (2015). Fools and Idiots? Intellectual Disability in the Middle Ages. United States: Manchester University Press.
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zot”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading
edit- “sot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin subtus, which is derived from Latin sub. Cognate to Ladin sot, Romansch sut, suot, Venetan sóto, Italian sotto, French sous, Romanian sub, supt.
Preposition
editsot
- under, beneath, underneath
- below, south of
Adverb
editsot
Derived terms
editLadin
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editsot
Luxembourgish
editVerb
editsot
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English sot, sott, from Medieval Latin sottus, reinforced by Old French sot (“idiotic”), of obscure origin. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to modern French zut! (“damn it!”).[1][2]
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editPronunciation
editNoun
editsot (plural sottes or (Early ME) sotten)
- One who lacks wisdom, knowledge, or intelligence; a stupid person.
- A villainous or dishonest individual; a rogue or scoundrel.
- (derogatory) Used as a general-purpose insult.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “sot, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-14.
Adjective
editsot (plural and weak singular sotte)
References
edit- “sot, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-14.
- ^ Metzler, I. (2015). Fools and Idiots? Intellectual Disability in the Middle Ages. United States: Manchester University Press.
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zot”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Etymology 2
editFrom Old English sōt.
Noun
editsot
- Alternative form of soot (“soot”)
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.
Noun
editsot f or m (definite singular sota or soten, uncountable)
sot n (definite singular sotet, uncountable)
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editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.
Noun
editsot f or n (definite singular sota or sotet, uncountable)
References
edit- “sot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *sōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsōt n
Declension
editDescendants
editOld Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsōt f
Declension
editSynonyms
editDescendants
edit- Swedish: sot
References
edit- sot in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T
Scots
editAdverb
editsot
- so (to contradict a negative clause)
- 1897, J. Mackinnon, Braefoot Sketches:
- “I wisna a grain feart.” “Ye wis sot. Ye ran like the rest o's.”
- “I wasn't scared at all.” “You was so. You ran like the rest of us.”
References
edit- “sot” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Swedish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Swedish sōt, from Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.
Noun
editsot n
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | sot | sots |
definite | sotet | sotets | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
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editEtymology 2
editFrom Old Swedish sōt, from Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.
Noun
editsot c
Declension
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- sot in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sot in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- 1. sot in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- 2. sot in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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editVolapük
editNoun
editsot (nominative plural sots)
Declension
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editWaigali
edit< 6 | 7 | 8 > |
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Cardinal : sot | ||
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Nuristani *satta, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptá, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editsot (Nisheigram)[1]
References
editZoogocho Zapotec
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish azote, from Arabic السَوْط (as-sawṭ, “the whip”).
Noun
editsot
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 273
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