Meaning

noun a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

noun pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled

noun the act of making something completely wet

originFrom 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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