bibulous

[ bib-yuh-luhs ]

adjective

1. fond of or addicted to drink.
2. absorbent; spongy.

bibulous

/ ˈbɪbjʊləs /

adjective

1. addicted to alcohol

Derived Forms

• ˈbibulousness, noun
• ˈbibulously, adverb

Other Words From

• bibu·lous·ly adverb
• bibu·lous·ness bib·u·los·i·ty [bib-y, uh, -, los, -i-tee], 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bibulous¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bibulous¹

C17: from Latin bibulus , from bibere to drink

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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

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This cup the bibulous monarch ever afterwards esteemed as one of his rarest and richest jewels.

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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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