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sodden

sod·den

UK/ˈsɒ.dən/ US/ˈsɑ.dən/ uncommon archaic

adjective

1.

wet through and through; thoroughly wet

  • “stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain”
  • “a shirt saturated with perspiration”
  • “his shoes were sopping (or soaking)”
  • “the speaker”
  • “;”
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Origin

From Middle English sodden, soden, from Old English soden, ġesoden, from Proto-Germanic *sudanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to seethe; boil”). Cognate with West Frisian sean, Dutch gezoden (“seethed, boiled”) (related to Dutch zode (“swampy land”)), Low German saden, söddt, German gesotten, Swedish sjuden, Icelandic soðinn. More at seethe.

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