bibulous
Americanadjective
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fond of or addicted to drink.
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absorbent; spongy.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- bibulosity noun
- bibulously adverb
- bibulousness noun
- nonbibulous adjective
- nonbibulously adverb
- nonbibulousness noun
- unbibulous adjective
- unbibulously adverb
- unbibulousness noun
Etymology
Origin of bibulous
1665–75; < Latin bibulus ( bib ( ere ) to drink (cognate with Sanskrit píbati (he) drinks) + -ulus -ulous )
Example Sentences
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A person described as bibulous has a fondness for what?
From Slate • Dec. 25, 2023
Charlotte Rampling straddles dry humor and withering tragedy as a bibulous grandmother in “Juniper.”
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023
Colorado - really its farmers and ranchers - are stewards for increasingly bibulous downstream states.
From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2018
Old-school voters expecting him to reinstate the fading habit of the long and bibulous lunch may have to wait.
From The New Yorker • May 9, 2017
In an instant a great possibility possessed me completely, and startled me out of the bibulous lassitude that was creeping upon me.
From The Wayfarers by Snaith, J. C.
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