Definition/Meaning of sottish

• English - Adjective: sottish ( comparative more sottish , superlative most sottish ) alcoholic , drinking heavily drunk foolish , stupid , senseless 1769 - King James Bible Jeremiah 4 . 22 For my people is foolish , they have not known me; they are sottish children , and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil , but to do good they have no knowledge .
• English - Quotations: Gabriel strove to restrain himself from breaking out into brutal language about the sottish Malins and his pound . - "The Dead", from "Dubliners" by James Joyce (1914)