sottish

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

From Time Magazine Archive

"Our sottish and idle enthusiasts are to be reproved who call learning but a splendidum peccatum."

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

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

In the frequent intervals during which the royal authority was in the hands of sottish wastrels, the chance of independence was no doubt seized.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir

To all the shallow sophistries or sottish errors, that tended to falsify his glorious dream of world-wide British unity, Franklin presented a merciless intellect.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell