Etymology

bibber

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Today it means: One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler. Full definition →

Middle English bibben
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  1. Middle English · derived frombibben
  2. English todaybibber

From bib (“drink heartily”) + -er (agent noun suffix); see bib (“clothing to prevent spills from mouth”). Bib is from Middle English bibben. First attested in the 1530s.

Words from the same roots

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