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Added 9 October 2026

souse

/saʊs/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about souse at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.
Pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled.
The act of making something completely wet.
he gave it a good drenching

verb

Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.
souse water on his hot face
Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.
dip the garment into the cleaning solution
Become drunk or drink excessively.

Origin

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”).

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