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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 drinkplay

2. lack of restraint in use of alcoholplay

  Familiarity information: SOTTISHNESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOTTISHNESS (noun)


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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