Definition of "sottish"

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Jeremiah 4:22

Gabriel strove to restrain himself from breaking out into brutal language about the sottish Malins and his pound.

1914, James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners