Meanings
comparative more bibulous · superlative most bibulous
- Very absorbent.
Wearing gloves and chemical eye protection, cover the smear with a strip of bibulous paper cut slightly smaller than the slide.
2015, Michael J. Leboffe, Microbiology: Laboratory Theory and Application, page 217 - Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink.
His pet, Mr. Dahl announced in a flash of bibulous inspiration, caused him no such trouble. The reason? “I have a pet rock,” he explained.
2015 March 31, Margalit Fox, “Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Dies at 78”, in The New York Times, →ISSN1 more example
At first he was closely confined there, but one day he broke the privy window and escaped to Shehad, the bibulous Emir, in his suburb of Awali.
1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 155Synonyms: bibacious, boozy, sottish, Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveGiven to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivegiven to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*píph₃eti
- Proto-Italic*pibō
- Latinbibulus
- Englishbibulous
From Latin bibulus from bibō (“drink”) + -ulus from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti, from root *peh₃- (“drink”); whence also imbibe and beverage via Old French beivre.
More words from Latin, Proto-Italic, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian хигроскопичен, пиянски
- хигроскопичен (higroskopičen)very absorbent
- пиянски (pijanski)marked by the consumption of alcohol
Latin bibax
- bibaxmarked by the consumption of alcohol
Russian абсорби́рующий, гигроскопи́чный
- абсорби́рующий (absorbírujuščij)very absorbent
- гигроскопи́чный (gigroskopíčnyj)very absorbent
- выпива́ющий (vypivájuščij)marked by the consumption of alcohol
Spanish escabiador, escabio
- escabiadormarked by the consumption of alcohol
- escabiomarked by the consumption of alcohol
Welsh yfgar, llymeitgar
- yfgarmarked by the consumption of alcohol
- llymeitgarmarked by the consumption of alcohol
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bibulous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibulous
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