Sossed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To plump down heavily into a seat or onto the ground with a sudden, noisy thud
2. Describing the act of dropping oneself down all at once into a seat in a heavy, flopping way
3. Sitting or falling down suddenly and heavily, as a person might when worn out or careless

Etymology: "Sossed" is the past tense and past participle of "soss," a verb meaning to fall or sink heavily into a seat, or to lounge about in a limp, slumped way. The verb grew out of a much older noun. In Middle English, "sosse" or "sos" meant a mess of food, and especially the scraps given to hounds, a sense that connects it with the slop and swill fed to animals. The noun's own origin is uncertain, though it is related to "souse," a word for pickling or soaking that is traced to a similar root. The sense of slumping down, as if a body had been soaked and gone limp, seems to come from that idea of something soft and sodden. Its close kinship with the older "sesspool" is also noted, though the exact link is not settled.