bibulous

bib·u·lous

 (bĭb′yə-ləs)

adj.

1. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink: a bibulous fellow; a bibulous evening.

2. Very absorbent, as paper or soil.

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[From Latin bibulus, from bibere, to drink; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

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bib′u·lous·ly adv.

bib′u·lous·ness n.

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bibulous

(ˈbɪbjʊləs)

adj

addicted to alcohol

[C17: from Latin bibulus, from bibere to drink]

ˈbibulously adv

ˈbibulousness n

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bib•u•lous

(ˈbɪb yə ləs)

adj.

1. fond of or addicted to drink.

2. absorbent; spongy.

[1665–75; < Latin bibulus=bib(ere) to drink + -ulus -ulous]

bib′u•lous•ly, adv.

bib′u•lous•ness, bib`u•los′i•ty (-ˈlɒs ɪ ti) n.

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bibulous

- First meant "absorbent, like a sponge," and later figuratively meant "addicted to alcohol."

See also related terms for sponge.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

bibulous - given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous evening"; "his boozy drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a drunken binge"; "two drunken gentlemen holding each other up"; "sottish behavior" boozy, drunken, sottish drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"

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bibulous

adjective

Having a capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up:

absorbent, absorptive, assimilative.

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Translations

bibulous

[ˈbɪbjʊləs] ADJ → bebedor, borrachín

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bibulous

adj (form) person → trunksüchtig

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bibulous

[ˈbɪbjʊləs] adj (hum) → avvinazzato/a

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