sothIac, sothIc

[See def.] Of or pertaining to So this, the Dog-star, at whose heliacal rising the year was supposed to commence. sothic-period, s. Chron.: A period of 1,460 Julian years. IMG:content-1748.png:[blocks in formation] sot-ni-a, s. [Ru .] A company or squadron in a Co ack regiment. *sot-ter-ỹ, s. [Eng.sot;-ery.] Folly. "Sotteries and insolencies of some bishops."- Gauden : Tears of the Church , p. 12. sot-tish, a. [Eng.sot, a.; -ish.] *1. Foolish, infatuated, besotted, sensele , stupid, ( Milton : P. L. , i. 472.) 2. Characterized by foolishne or stupidity; stupid, sensele . "Scandalous frauds and sottish superstitions."- War . burton: Sermons , vol. x., ser. 27. 3. Dull and stupid with intemperance; given to exce ive tippling; drunken; pertaining to or arising from drunkenne . sot-tish-ly, adv. [Eng. sottish; -ly.] In a sottish manner; like a sot; foolishly; stupidly, sensele ly. "In their mournful solemnities, they sottishly attributed to the gods the pa ions belonging to the fruits of the earth."-Cudworth: Intell. System, p. 508.