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Sot vs Cot - What's the difference?

sot | cot |

In archaic terms the difference between sot and cot

is that sot is stupid person; fool while cot is a cottage or small homestead.

As a verb sot

is to drink until one becomes drunk.

sot

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) stupid person; fool
  • * 1610 , , act 3 scene 2
    • Remember / First to possess his books; for without them / He's but a sot , as I am
  • * Oldham
    • In Egypt oft has seen the Sot bow down, / And reverence some deified Baboon.
  • drunkard
  • * Roscommon
    • Every sign / That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.

    Derived terms

    * sottish

    Verb

  • To drink until one becomes drunk
  • To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
  • * Dryden
    • I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted .

    Derived terms

    * sotted

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    cot

    Translingual

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)

    • Synonyms

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