soddenly

Variant of sodden

adjective

  1. Archaic boiled or steeped
  2. filled with moisture; soaked through
  3. heavy or soggy from improper baking or cooking: said as of bread
  4. dull or stupefied, as from liquor

Origin: obs. pp. of seethe

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make or become sodden

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