What does sootish mean?
Sootish means (obsolete or rare) sooty.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete or rare) sooty.
things become blacke by a sootish and fuliginious matter proceeding from the sulphur of bodies torrified
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Sootish means (obsolete or rare) sooty.
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things become blacke by a sootish and fuliginious matter proceeding from the sulphur of bodies torrified
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