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SOTTISHNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
