winebibber

American  

[wahyn-bib-er] / ˈwaɪnˌbɪb ər /

noun

1. a person who drinks much wine.

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winebibber British  

/ ˈwaɪnˌbɪbə /

noun

1. a person who drinks a great deal of wine

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Other Word Forms

• winebibbing noun

Etymology

Origin of winebibber

First recorded in 1525–35; wine + bibber

Example Sentences

Not these called Him gluttonous and a winebibber.

From Project Gutenberg

According to Biographer Lin Yutang, Su Tungpo was "an incorrigible optimist, a great humanitarian, a friend of the people, a prose master, an original painter, a great calligraphist, an experimenter in winemaking, an engineer, a hater of puritanism, a yogi, a Buddhist believer, a Confucian statesman, a secretary to the emperor, a confirmed winebibber, a humane judge, a dissenter in politics, a prowler in the moonlight, a poet and a wag."

From Time Magazine Archive

I am no winebibber," he said, "my vows do not allow of it.

From Project Gutenberg

So freely did He associate with men, participating even in their festivities, that His enemies falsely charged Him with being a "glutton and a winebibber."

From Project Gutenberg

He, the purest and holiest of men, provided wine for the wedding feast, introduced the fatted calf and music and dancing into the picture of welcome of the prodigal son to his father's house, and even provoked the sneer of his adversaries that he 'came eating and drinking,' and was a 'glutton' and a 'winebibber.'

From Project Gutenberg