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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Charlotte Rampling straddles dry humor and withering tragedy as a bibulous grandmother in “Juniper.”
From New York Times
From that bibulous beginning, Mr. Epstein became a driving force behind the Library of America, which published its first books in 1979.
From Washington Post
It’s part of a two-year campaign to reduce food waste that company executives in this famously bibulous country decided to call “happy hour” in the hopes of drawing in regulars, like any decent bar.
From Seattle Times
He was born in 1972, and was brought up in a housing project in South London, the youngest of four boys, with a strict English mother and a bibulous Irish Catholic father.
From The New Yorker
Above all, it was refreshing, a welcome digestif after a long and bibulous meal.
From New York Times
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