assot

English

Etymology

From Middle English asoten, assoten, from Old French asoter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsɒt/

Adjective

assot (comparative more assot, superlative most assot)

1. (obsolete) dazed; foolish; infatuated
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Marche. Aegloga Tertius.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: , London: Hugh Singleton, , →OCLC; republished as The Shepheardes Calender , London: Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, , 1586, →OCLC:

     Willy, I ween thou be assot.

Verb

assot (third-person singular simple present assots, present participle assotting, simple past and past participle assotted or assot)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To besot; to befool; to infatuate.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 22:

     Some extasie assotted had his sense, or dazed was his eie.

Anagrams

• Satos, Tsaos, oasts, stoas, tasso, tosas

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic السَّوْط (as-sawṭ, “the whip”). First attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

assot m (plural assots)

1. whip, scourge

   Synonyms: fuet, flagell

2. flogging

Derived terms

• assotar

References

Further reading

• “assot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “assot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “assot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.