bibulous
bi·bu·lous
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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