Bibulous

  • 11bibulous — Synonyms and related words: absorbent, addicted to drink, adsorbent, assimilative, bibacious, blotting, chemisorptive, chemosorptive, crapulent, crapulous, digestive, drinking, drunken, endosmotic, excessive, exosmotic, extravagant, extreme,… …

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  • 12bibulous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having a capacity to soak up: absorbent, absorptive, assimilative. See DRY …

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  • 13bibulous — bib|u|lous [ˈbıbjuləs] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: bibulus, from bibere to drink ] liking to drink too much alcohol sometimes used humorously …

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  • 14bibulous — bib·u·lous || bɪbjÊŠlÉ™s adj. drunk, intoxicated …

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  • 15bibulous — [ bɪbjʊləs] adjective formal excessively fond of drinking alcohol. Derivatives bibulously adverb bibulousness noun Origin C17: from L. bibulus freely drinking …

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  • 16bibulous — a. 1. Spongy, porous, absorbent, imbibing. 2. Drinking, intemperate, tippling, fond of drink, cup loving, soaking …

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  • 17bibulous — adjective humorous or formal liking to drink too much alcohol …

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  • 18bibulous — adj 1. alcoholic, dypsomaniacal, bib acious, inebrious, crapulous, given or addicted to drink, Sl. on the sauce, Sl. on the bottle, Sl. on the booze, Sl. under the influence; drunken, sottish, besotted, awash, Literary. in one s cups, Inf. boozy …

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  • 19bibulous — bib·u·lous …

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  • 20bibulous — bib•u•lous [[t]ˈbɪb yə ləs[/t]] adj. 1) fond of or addicted to drink 2) absorbent; spongy • Etymology: 1665–75; < L bibulus=bib(ere) to drink + ulus ulous bib′u•lous•ly, adv. bib′u•lous•ness, bib u•los′i•ty ˈlɒs ɪ ti n …

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