sottish

Example Sentences

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Charming Sebastian had wound up as sottish handyman to a kindly abbot in a Spanish monastery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet withal, he was fairly well-intentioned, not a meddler, never wantonly unjust, willing to do kindnesses, if not fatiguing; a heavy, good-natured, heathenish, sottish lout of a king.

From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.

The main point of distinction between the Cluricaune and the Shefro, arises from the sottish and solitary habits of the former, who are rarely found in troops or communities.

From Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland by Crocker, T. Crofton

As a first step Hanriot, a sottish but very determined battalion leader, was placed in supreme command of the national guard.

From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)

The idea of making war can nowadays only enter the brain of a sottish bourgeois or a belated romantic.

From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole