blotto
/ˈblɑtoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.75 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A reagent made from non-fat dry milk, phosphate buffered saline, and sodium azide, which is used to block protein binding sites for laboratory techniques such as blots and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
Uncountable
noun
Alternative letter-case form of blotto (“reagent used to block protein binding sites for laboratory techniques”).
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Dear old Squiffy was always rather a lad for the wassail-bowl. When I met him in Paris, I remember, he was quite tolerably blotto."
- "I drank a lot of wine – and afterwards, at Les Vikings, Akvavit – and was completely blotto (well, not completely, but enough to talk a lot and get the Hungarian talking and not be bored)."
- "I stayed home for a couple days and got blotto four times. I did the usual bad drunk routine; cried a lot, moaned about my life."
- "Remember, Blanche DuBois was a blotto and her trip to New Orleans didn't get her anywhere. Nuff said."
- "His [Joe Jonsson's] drawings and rollicking humor about burglars, cardsharps, turf punters, jockeys and "blottos" (drunks) were a continuation in theme of the work of the early Bulletin artists Alf Vincent and Ambrose Dyson."
- "These borderlines are outnumbered more than five to one by the "blottos," drivers with BACs [blood alcohol concentrations] of 0.20 and higher. Put this 0.08 idea to the commonsense test: We're going to improve highway safety with a program aimed at a few "borderlines," while five times as many "blottos" continue their boozy ways? It'll never work."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈblɑtoʊ/
- British English: /ˈblɒtəʊ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more blotto (comparative)
most blotto (superlative)
blottos (plural)
blottoes (plural)
blottos (present, singular)
blottoes (present, singular)
blottoing (participle, present)
blottoed (participle, past)
blottoed (past)