Meanings
comparative more ombibulous · superlative most ombibulous
- Synonym of omnibibulous.
The class was not only omnivorous, but also ombibulous as well.
1963, John P. Poe, “Class Notes”, in Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 642 more examples
With age, I have come to be a little less ombibulous - beer seems excessively diuretic, brandy makes me walk like Andy Pandy, and I have had to foreswear previous cocktail delights such as Depth Bomb [...]
2021, David Profumo, The Lightning Thread: Fishological Moments and The Pursuit of Paradise, Scribner UK, →ISBNHe was magnificently ombibulous, drinking anything that contained ethyl alcohol [...]
1941, H. L. Mencken, Newspaper Days, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 199Synonyms: omnibibulous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of omnibibulous.
Origin
Coined by H. L. Mencken. The term omnibibulous existed before ombibulous.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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