Sottish, a.
Etymology: [From Sot.]
Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken. How ignorant are sottish pretenders to astrology! Swift.
Syn. -- Dull; stupid; senseless; doltish; infatuate. -- Sot"tish*ly, adv. -- Sot"tish*ness, n.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for sottish; he lists it under brutish.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.