sottement (sot-mān), adv., sillily, foolishly, senselessly.
sottise, n.f., silliness, folly; silly thing, foolish trick, nonsense, foolishness; indecency; insult. pl., abuse, abusive language. Dire des —s à quelqu’un; to abuse any one, to call any one names.
sottisier, n.m., (fam.) collection of indecent tales or songs; ribald person.
sou, n.m., sou, copper; cent. Gros —; penny-piece, copper. Petit —; cent, small copper. N’avoir pas le —, n’avoir pas un —; to be penniless, not to be worth a farthing, not to be worth a groat. Sans le —; penniless. Une affaire de deux —s; a two-cent business, or trumpery affair. Comme quatre —s; (fam.) wretchedly, shabbily, paltrily.
soubarbe, n.f. V. sous-barbe.
soubassement (-bâs-mān), n.m., dado, bed-valance; (arch.) basement, sub-basement. — d’une colonne; (arch.) pattern of a column.
soubise, n.f., onion-sauce.
soubresaut, n.m., sudden leap or start; jolt; plunge (of a horse); (med.) subsultus.
soubresauter, v.n., to start, to jump, to jolt, to plunge.