bibulous

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It is curious, that though addicted to home, he is not properly domestic-- bibulous--said to be despotic with the female The parliamentary bore comes next in order.

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  1. adjective Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink: a bibulous fellow; a bibulous evening.
  2. adjective Very absorbent, as paper or soil.

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  • On one occasion Edison acted as treasurer for his bibulous companions, holding the stakes, so to speak, in order that the supply of liquor might last longer. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
  • The inimitable W. C.Fields stars as a bibulous small-town would-be inventor, scorned by all for his vulgarity, who confounds wife and neighbors when he's selected as the official escort for a visiting princess. —  Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories
  • Even the "belt line boat," Lulu_,--last hope of bibulous or belated Islanders--was back in her slip, funnel cold, lights out. —  Every Man for Himself
  • The Scotch merchant took snuff; the three German students, who all wore spectacles and seemed exactly alike, leaned over the side in a row, smoked big meerschaum pipes, looked round-faced and bibulous, and very often uttered the word Zo_. —  Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle
  • The major addressed the colonel with decorous solemnity Colonel, how do you feel, suh The colonel left nothing doubtful in the nature of his reply Major," he declared tartly, "I feel like thunder, suh, as any Southern gentleman should, suh, at this hour of the morning The old toper was asked if he had ever met a certain gentleman, also notorious for his bibulous habits Know him!" —  Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers
 

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

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  1. from Latin bibulus, from bibere, drink: see bib.
 

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/ˈbɪbjuləs/
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