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.
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2. Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "bibulous":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
boozy, drunken, sottish
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