# souse

> English word · Noun · IPA /saʊs/

## Definitions
1. Something kept or steeped in brine.
2. Something kept or steeped in brine.
3. Something kept or steeped in brine.
4. Something kept or steeped in brine.
5. Something kept or steeped in brine.
6. The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
7. A drunkard.

## Etymology
From 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/souse