bibulous

[ bib-yuh-luhs ]

/ ˈbɪb yə ləs /

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adjective

fond of or addicted to drink.

absorbent; spongy.

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Origin of bibulous

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

OTHER WORDS FROM bibulous

bib·u·lous·ly, adverbbib·u·lous·ness, bib·u·los·i·ty

[bib-yuh-los-i-tee], /ˌbɪb yəˈlɒs ɪ ti/, nounnon·bib·u·lous, adjectivenon·bib·u·lous·ly, adverb

non·bib·u·lous·ness, nounun·bib·u·lous, adjectiveun·bib·u·lous·ly, adverbun·bib·u·lous·ness, noun

Words nearby bibulous

bibliothèque, bibliotherapy, bibliotics, Biblist, bib overalls, bibulous, bicameral, bicameral legislature, bicapsular, bicarb, bicarbonate

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.
Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects|C. V. Riley
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

addicted to alcohol

Derived forms of bibulous

bibulously, adverbbibulousness, noun

Word Origin for bibulous

C17: from Latin bibulus, from bibere to drink

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bibulous

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