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Sot

noun: sot; a habitual drunkard.

verb: sotting; drink habitually.

"the few reckless vagabonds with whom he sotted in the alehouse"

Origin; late Old English sott ‘foolish person’, from medieval Latin sottus, reinforced by Old French sot ‘foolish’. The current sense of the noun dates from the late 16th century.

noun: **sot**; a habitual drunkard. verb: **sotting**; drink habitually. "the few reckless vagabonds with whom he sotted in the alehouse" Origin; late Old English sott ‘foolish person’, from medieval Latin sottus, reinforced by Old French sot ‘foolish’. The current sense of the noun dates from the late 16th century.

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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

I also rather like "knave"; as in, "the man who pretends to be a modest enquirer into the truth of a self evident thing is a knave".

Or, more topically: I'd be a knave if I didn't admit to being a sot!