stupid or foolish from or as from too much drinking
Derived forms
sottishly (ˈsottishly)
adverb
sottish in American English
(ˈsɑtɪʃ)
adjective
1.
stupefied with or as if with drink; drunken
2.
given to excessive drinking
3.
pertaining to or befitting a sot
Derived forms
sottishly
adverb
sottishness
noun
Word origin
[1560–70; sot + -ish1]This word is first recorded in the period 1560–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acute, bump, clinch, ellipsis, vertex-ish is a suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of “belonging to”(British; Danish; English; Spanish); “after the manner of,” “having the characteristics of,” “like” (babyish; girlish; mulish); “addicted to,” “inclined or tending to” (bookish; freakish); “near or about” (fiftyish; sevenish)