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SOTTISHNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sottishness mean?
• SOTTISHNESS (noun)
The noun SOTTISHNESS has 2 senses:
1. stupefaction from drink
2. lack of restraint in use of alcohol
Familiarity information: SOTTISHNESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stupefaction from drink
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("sottishness" is a kind of...):
drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; insobriety; intoxication; tipsiness (a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol)
Derivation:
sottish (given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lack of restraint in use of alcohol
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sottishness" is a kind of...):
unrestraint (the quality of lacking restraint)
Derivation:
sottish (given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol)
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