Meaning of Sot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Stupid person; fool.
   archaic
2. Audio recorded to accompany vision, as opposed to audio recorded later, such as voice-over.
   countable, uncountable
3. Drunkard.
4. Audio captured from a person who is on camera, such as an interviewee; a sound bite.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Remember First to possess his books; for without them He's but a sot, as I am […]”

“c. 1670-1680, John Oldham, The Eighth Satire of Monsieur Boileau, imitated In Egypt oft has seen the Sot bow down, And reverence some deified Baboon.”

“Every sign That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.”

“Take a picture by Teniers, of sots quarrelling over their dice; it is an entirely clever picture; so clever that nothing in its kind has ever been done equal to it; but it is also an entirely base and evil picture.”

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