Sostrum, sos′trum, n. a reward given for saving one's life, a physician's fee. [Gr., sōzein, to save.]
Sot, sot, n. one stupefied by drinking: a habitual drunkard.—v.i. to play the sot, to tipple.—adj. Sot′tish, like a sot: foolish: stupid with drink.—adv. Sot′tishly.—n. Sot′tishness. [O. Fr. sot, perh. of Celt. origin; Bret. sod, stupid.]
Sotadean, sot-a-dē′an, adj. pertaining to Sotades, a lascivious Greek poet at Alexandria about 276 B.C. His Cinœdi were malicious and indecent satires and travesties of mythology written in Ionic dialect and in a peculiar metre.—n. Sotad′ic, a sotadean verse.
Soteriology, sō-tē-ri-ol′ō-ji, n. (theol.) the doctrine of salvation by Jesus Christ.—adjs. Sotē′rial, pertaining to redemption; Sotēriolog′ical. [Gr. sōtērios, saving—sōtēr, saviour, logia—legein, to speak.]
Sothic, sō′thik, adj. of or pertaining to the dog-star Sothis or Sirius.—Sothic cycle, or period, a period of 1460 years; Sothic year, the ancient Egyptian fixed year, according to the heliacal rising of Sirius.
Sotto, sot′tō, adv. under, below, as in Sotto voce, in an undertone, aside. [It.,—L. subter, under.]
Sou, sōō, n. a French copper coin, the five-centime piece=1⁄20th of a franc. [Fr. sou (It. soldo)—L. solidus, a coin.]
Souari, sow-ä′ri, n. a tree of British Guiana yielding a durable timber and edible nuts.
Soubise, sōō-bēz′, n. an 18th-cent. men's cravat. [Fr.]
Soubrette, sōō-bret′, n. a maid-servant in a comedy, conventionally pert, coquettish, and intriguing. [Fr.]