sottingn.
/ˈsɒtɪŋ/ The fact or practice of playing the sot, or of indulging in sottish conduct.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > stupid deed, thought, etc. > practice of
sotting1583
ninnery1600
ninnyism1804
boobyism1805
twattery?1979
1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. iv. 201 An example of vnmeasurable sotting in bed.
1602 N. Breton Poste with Madde Packet Lett. I. sig. C3v Now for sotting and slauerie, and for courting in knauerie, be perswaded, that time will employ my purse to better purpose.
1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 49 Which Faculty..he..lost by his Idleness and Sotting.
1760 Cautions & Advices to Officers of Army 88 Perpetual Sotting cannot fail of blunting your Faculties.
1820 W. Hazlitt Table-talk 2nd Ser. xvii. 358 Nothing could overcome this propensity to low society and sotting.
1869 H. Kingsley Stretton II. 206 She was a perfect and absolute mistress of the art of sotting.
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