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sottery

English

Etymology

sot +? -ery

Noun

sottery (countable and uncountable, plural sotteries)

  1. (obsolete) folly
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Gauden to this entry?)

sottery From the web:



lottery

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lotteria, from the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot). Compare French loterie (from Middle Dutch loterie).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l?t??i/, /?l?t?i/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?l?t?i/
  • Hyphenation: lot?te?ry

Noun

lottery (plural lotteries)

  1. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
  2. (figuratively) Something decided by chance.
  3. (obsolete) Allotment; a thing allotted.

Derived terms

  • genetic lottery
  • lotologist (probably)
  • lotterylike
  • lottery ticket
  • postcode lottery

Translations

lottery From the web:

  • what lottery is tonight
  • what lottery plays tonight
  • what lottery plays today
  • what lottery is tonight in texas
  • what lottery is today
  • what lottery game is tonight
  • what lottery drawings are tonight
  • what lottery goes off tonight
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