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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Having the quality of absorbing or imbibing fluids or moisture; absorbent; spongy.
  2. Fond of drinking intoxicating liquors; addicted to drink; proceeding from or characterized by such tendency: as, bibulous propensities.
  3. Relating to drink or drinking: as, bibulous lore.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. very absorbent
  2. adj. given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy.
  2. adj. Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol

Etymologies

  1. Latin bibulus (“freely or readily drinking”, from bibō, “I drink”; whence also beverage and imbibe) +‎ -ous (Wiktionary)
  2. From Latin bibulus, from bibere, to drink; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • jorge999

    the preacher was so bibulous Nov 6, 2009

  • lizzy got it thanks to sarra Dec 9, 2006

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