sot meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

sot

verbalso spelled SOT

/sɒt/

Etymology From Middle English sotten, from the adjective (see above).

To drink until one becomes drunk

To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.

I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted.1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

Derived terms: besot, sotted, sot-weed

sot

adj

Singapore /sɒt/

Etymology Compare sod (vulgar interjection).

Singapore, Colloquial, Vulgar Upset, unhappy or bitter about something.

Ngl still damn sot about PV barging into Pasir Ris-Punggol and forcing a vote-split. The disrespect towards SDA was NOT ACCEPTABLE2020 July 11, @risaannwong, Twitter:

SOT

noun

Etymology Acronym of sound on tape.

Broadcasting, Media Audio recorded to accompany vision, as opposed to audio recorded later, such as voice-over.

Broadcasting, Journalism, Media Audio captured from a person who is on camera, such as an interviewee; a sound bite.

sot

noun

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”).

Archaic Stupid person; fool.

Remember First to possess his books; for without them He's but a sot, as I am […]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]:
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.

Drunkard.

Every sign That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.1684, Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, Essay on Translated Verse:
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.April 21, 1864, John Ruskin, "Traffic", Unto This Last and Other Writings, New York: Penguin (1997), p. 235

Synonyms: fool, alcoholic, souse, suck-pint
Derived terms: sottery, sottish

sot

adj

Etymology From Cantonese short (sot¹, “crazy”), itself a clipping of English short circuit.

Manglish, Singlish Insane, crazy, screwed up.

all swe [software engineers] recently sot sot one. spent the last 3 years chasing too much headline salaries but now tech winter so all scared and frustrated . frustrations boiling over2024 April 3, Unregistered, “Shopee fresh grad pay”, in Salary.sg Forums:

sot

verb

Etymology From Cantonese short (sot¹, “crazy”), itself a clipping of English short circuit.

Manglish, Singlish, Invariable To short circuit, to go haywire or malfunction.

my stock horn sot sot liao2009 May 29, anric79, “[Group] YAMAHA Fazer”, in singaporebikes.com:

Manglish, Singlish, Invariable To go crazy.

All these delusional ACN graduates. Must be OT so much until brain sot liao2021 July 13, Unregistered, “Roles in accenture singapore”, in Salary.sg Forums:

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