Meaning of BIBULOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'bibyulus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous evening"; "his boozy drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a drunken binge"; "two drunken gentleman holding each other up"; "sottish behavior" |
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| | Synonyms: | | boozy, drunk, drunken, inebriated, intoxicated, sottish |
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| | Definition: | | \Bib"u*lous\, a. [L. bibulus, fr. bibere to drink. See
{Bib}, v. t. ]
1. Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous
blotting paper.
2. Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.
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| | Related Terms: | | absorbent, addicted to drink, adsorbent, assimilative, bibacious, blotting, chemisorptive, chemosorptive, crapulent, crapulous, digestive, drinking, drunken, endosmotic, excessive, exosmotic, extravagant, extreme, given to drink, gluttonous, imbibitory, immoderate, incontinent, indulgent, inordinate, intemperate, osmotic, overindulgent, overindulging, prodigal, resorbent, self-indulgent, soaking, sorbent, sottish, spongeous, spongy, swilling, swinish, thirsty, tippling, too much, toping, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, undisciplined, unfrugal, unlimited, unmeasured, unrestrained, unthrifty, winebibbing |
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