bibulous

[ bib-yuh-luhs ]
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adjective
  1. fond of or addicted to drink.

  2. absorbent; spongy.

Origin of bibulous

1
1665–75; <Latin bibulus (bib(ere) to drink (cognate with Sanskrit píbati (he) drinks) + -ulus-ulous)

Other words from bibulous

  • bib·u·lous·ly, adverb
  • bib·u·lous·ness, bib·u·los·i·ty [bib-yuh-los-i-tee], /ˌbɪb yəˈlɒs ɪ ti/, noun
  • non·bib·u·lous, adjective
  • non·bib·u·lous·ly, adverb
  • non·bib·u·lous·ness, noun
  • un·bib·u·lous, adjective
  • un·bib·u·lous·ly, adverb
  • un·bib·u·lous·ness, noun

Words Nearby bibulous

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How to use bibulous in a sentence

  • Perhaps some sense of shame was stirring within him, for no reproof rose to his trembling, bibulous lips.

    The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. White
  • The fluid is drawn off by tilting the glass or with bibulous paper, and the potash removed by washing with a few drops of water.

  • Red stopped and grabbed his bibulous friend as that person veered to starboard: "Yore a peach of a life-preserver, yu are!"

    Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up | Clarence Edward Mulford
  • This cup the bibulous monarch ever afterwards esteemed as one of his rarest and richest jewels.

    Old and New London | Walter Thornbury
  • The man who gets drunk generally does so because he cannot say No when bibulous friends press him to take a drink.

    Dollars and Sense | Col. Wm. C. Hunter

British Dictionary definitions for bibulous

bibulous

/ (ˈbɪbjʊləs) /


adjective
  1. addicted to alcohol

Origin of bibulous

1
C17: from Latin bibulus, from bibere to drink

Derived forms of bibulous

  • bibulously, adverb
  • bibulousness, noun

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