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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
- ˈbibulously, adverb
- ˈbibulousness, noun
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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
C17: from Latin bibulus , from bibere to drink
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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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