sot
Translingual
English
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!”).[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
- IPA(key): /sɒt/
- Rhymes: -ɒt
- Homophone: sought (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
sot (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
- (stupid person): See also Thesaurus:idiot (intelligence) or Thesaurus:fool (wisdom)
- (drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also Thesaurus:drunkard
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
sot (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.
Translations
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References
- 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
Albanian
Alternative forms
- sod — Gheg[1]
- σὸτ — Arvanitika[2]
Etymology
From 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
- IPA(key): [sot]
Derived terms
- sotmë, sormë
Catalan
Etymology
From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia root *(t)sott-.
Derived terms
- ensotar
- sotal
Further reading
- “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
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, cognate with Norwegian sott, Swedish sot (archaic), German Sucht. Derived from the verb *seukaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soːˀt/, [ˈsoˀd̥]
Synonyms
Further reading
- “sot” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faliscan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsoːt/
French
Etymology
Inherited 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
Derived terms
Derived terms
References
- 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
- “sot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin subtus, which is derived from Latin sub. Cognate to Ladin sot, Romansch sut, suot, Venetian sóto, Italian sotto, French sous, Romanian sub, supt.
Derived terms
- disot
Luxembourgish
Verb
sot
- inflection of soen:
- second-person plural present/preterite indicative
- first/third-person singular preterite indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Middle English
Etymology 1
From 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]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔt/, /sɔːt/
Noun
sot (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.
References
- “sot, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-14.
References
- “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
From Old English sōt.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.
References
- “sot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soːt/
Declension
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soːt/
Declension
Synonyms
Descendants
- Swedish: sot
References
- sot in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T
Scots
Adverb
sot
- 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
- “sot” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suːt/
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish sōt, from Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.
Declension
Declension of sot | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | sot | sotet | — | — |
Genitive | sots | sotets | — | — |
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish sōt, from Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.
Declension
Declension of sot | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sot | soten | soter | soterna |
Genitive | sots | sotens | soters | soternas |
Related terms
References
- 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)
Volapük
Declension
Synonyms
Zoogocho Zapotec
Derived terms
- chgoꞌo sot
References
- 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) (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 273