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bibulous

[ bib-yuh-luhs ]

adjective

  1. fond of or addicted to drink.
  2. absorbent; spongy.


bibulous

/ ˈɪʊə /

adjective

  1. addicted to alcohol
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܱdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈܱdzܲԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • u·dzܲ· adverb
  • u·dzܲ·Ա ··Dz··ٲ [bib-y, uh, -, los, -i-tee], noun
  • ԴDz·u·dzܲ adjective
  • non·u·dzܲ· adverb
  • non·u·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·u·dzܲ adjective
  • un·u·dzܲ· adverb
  • un·u·dzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bibulous1

1665–75; < Latin bibulus ( bib ( ere ) to drink (cognate with Sanskrit íپ (he) drinks) + -ulus -ulous )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bibulous1

C17: from Latin bibulus , from bibere to drink
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Example Sentences

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The yell usually went along with hollering and arguing, and maybe the bibulous singing of “We’ll Hang Abe Lincoln To A Tree.”

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Charlotte Rampling straddles dry humor and withering tragedy as a bibulous grandmother in “Juniper.”

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The Times reported that the bibulous actor W.C.

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From that bibulous beginning, Mr. Epstein became a driving force behind the Library of America, which published its first books in 1979.

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Okay, maybe you won’t find all the bibulous things in the new Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails.

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