souse

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
  2. noun pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
  3. noun the act of making something completely wet

Etymology

From Middle English souse (“to salt pickle”) also a noun (“liquid for pickling,” “pickled pig parts”), from Old French sous (“preserved in salt”), from Frankish *sultija (“saltwater, brine”), from Proto-Germanic *sultijō (“saltwater, brine”). Cognate with Old Saxon sultia (“saltwater”), Old High German sulza (“brine”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker

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