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sodden Definition


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sodden
adj
    1. Heavy with moisture; saturated; thoroughly soaked.
      Thesaurus: saturated, drenched, soaked, steeped, soggy, sopping, waterlogged; Antonym: dry.
    2. Said eg of bread: doughy; not thoroughly baked.
    3. Made lifeless or sluggish, especially through excessive consumption of alcohol.
      Example: a drink-sodden brain
Etymology: 13c as soden: past tense of sethen to seethe.



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