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bibulous

bi·bu·lous

UK/ˈbɪb.jʊ.ləs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

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”

Origin

From Latin bibulus from bibō (“drink”) + -ulus from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti, from root *peh₃- (“drink”); whence also imbibe and beverage via Old French beivre.

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