What does sottishness mean?

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sot·tish·ness

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sottishnessnoun

    stupefaction from drink

  2. sottishnessnoun

    lack of restraint in use of alcohol

Wiktionary

  1. sottishnessnoun

    The state or condition of being sottish.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sottishnessnoun

    Dullness; stupidity; insensibility.

    Etymology: from sottish.

    Few consider what a degree of sottishness and confirmed ignorance men may sin themselves into. Robert South, Sermons.

    No sober temperate person can look with any complacency upon the drunkenness and sottishness of his neighbour. South.

    The first part of the text, the folly and sottishness of Atheism, will come home to their case; since they make such a noisy pretence to wit and sagacity. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. sottishness

    Sottishness refers to the state or behavior of being a sot, which means being a habitual drunkard. It is characterized by excessive consumption of alcohol leading to a drunken, foolish or idiotic state.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sottishness in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sottishness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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