sopping
adjective
[ ˈsɒpɪŋ ]
• saturated with liquid; wet through.
• "get those sopping clothes off"
Origin:
mid 19th century: present participle of sop.
sop
verb
• soak up liquid using an absorbent substance.
• "he used some bread to sop up the sauce"
Origin:
Old English soppian ‘dip (bread) in liquid’, sopp (noun), probably from the base of Old English sūpan ‘sup’. Sense 1 (mid 17th century) alludes to the sop used by Aeneas on his visit to Hades to appease Cerberus.
