Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bibulous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Bibulous \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

bibulous
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" [syn: {boozy}, {drunken}, {sottish}]


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