sottish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
    drunken; boozy; bibulous.
    • a bibulous fellow
    • a bibulous evening
    • his boozy drinking companions
    • thick boozy singing
    • a drunken binge
    • two drunken gentlemen holding each other up
    • sottish behavior

WordNet


Sot"tish adjective
Etymology
From Sot.
Definitions
  1. Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken.
    How ignorant are sottish pretenders to astrology! Swift.
    Syn. -- Dull; stupid; senseless; doltish; infatuate. -- Sot"tish*ly, adv. -- Sot"tish*ness, n.

Webster 1913