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
Others are so notoriously sottish, that being over head and ears in the myrie puddle of gross ignorance, yet they will by no means see or acknowledge it.
From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Robert Means Lawrence
Thou callest, 'Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings;' but we have been foolish, sottish children, without understanding, wise to do evil, but to do good having no knowledge.
From The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. by Isabella Graham
To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
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 R. M. (Robert Matteson) Johnston
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