Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol. Synonyms:bibulous, boozy, drunken."A bibulous evening" , "His boozy drinking companions" , "Thick boozy singing" , "A drunken binge" , "Two drunken gentlemen holding each other up" , "Sottish behavior"
... Robert Tofte addresses his Honor's Academy or the Famous Pastoral of the Fair Shepherdess Julietta "to the courteous and judicious reader and to none other"; he explains that he refuses to write for "the sottish multitude," that monster "who knows not when aught well is or amiss"; and blames "such idle thieves as do purloin from others' mint what's none of their own coin."[314] In spite of this, his preface ... — Early Theories of Translation • Flora Ross Amos
... heaven, an ear To this, the landlord's tale, replete with lies, In shame and scorn of womankind; though ne'er Was praise or fame conveyed in that which flies From such a caitiff's tongue; and still we hear The sottish rabble all things rashly brand, And question most what ... — Orlando Furioso • Lodovico Ariosto
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