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bibulous
[ bib-yuh-luhs ]
adjective
- fond of or addicted to drink.
- absorbent; spongy.
bibulous
/ ˈbɪbjʊləs /
adjective
- addicted to alcohol
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Derived Forms
- ˈbibulousness, noun
- ˈbibulously, adverb
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Other Words From
- bibu·lous·ly adverb
- bibu·lous·ness bib·u·los·i·ty [bib-y, uh, -, los, -i-tee], noun
- non·bibu·lous adjective
- non·bibu·lous·ly adverb
- non·bibu·lous·ness noun
- un·bibu·lous adjective
- un·bibu·lous·ly adverb
- un·bibu·lous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bibulous1
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Example Sentences
Perhaps some sense of shame was stirring within him, for no reproof rose to his trembling, bibulous lips.
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!"
This cup the bibulous monarch ever afterwards esteemed as one of his rarest and richest jewels.
The man who gets drunk generally does so because he cannot say No when bibulous friends press him to take a drink.
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