Bibulous

  • 81-ulous — a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, with the meaning inclined to do, habitually engaging in the action specified by the initial element: bibulous; credulous; garrulous; tremulous. [ < L ulus, ula, ulum; see ULE, OUS] * * * …

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  • 82satyr and silenus — In Greek mythology, wild woodland creatures that are part man and part beast, the bestial part being represented as the legs of a goat or horse. From the 5th century BC, the name Silenus was applied to the foster father and tutor of Dionysus.&#8230; …

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  • 83Lauder, Sir Harry — ▪ Scottish entertainer in full  Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder  born , Aug. 4, 1870, Portobello, Edinburgh died Feb. 26, 1950, near Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scot.  Scottish music hall comedian who excited enthusiasm throughout the English speaking&#8230; …

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  • 84bibulousness — noun The marked tendency to consume alcoholic beverages in greater than normal quantities. Hes a bibulous fellow …

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  • 85bibulously — adverb /ˈbɪbjʊləsli/ In a bibulous manner; drunkenly; as if intoxicated. The Venetian captain, prodding among the butts and bales of the cargo, had discovered a stowawaya fat, sandy haired man in worn leather, snoring bibulously among the barrels …

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  • 86absorbent — 1. Having the power to absorb, soak up, or take into itself a gas, liquid, light rays, or heat. SYN: absorptive, bibulous. 2. Any substance possessing such power. 3. Material (usually …

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  • 88litmus paper — n paper colored with litmus and used as an acid base indicator * * * bibulous paper impregnated with a solution of litmus, dried, and cut into strips. If slightly alkaline, the paper is blue and is used as a test for acids, which turn it red; if&#8230; …

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  • 89adsorbent — Synonyms and related words: absorbency, absorbent, absorption, adsorption, assimilation, assimilative, bibulous, blotter, blotting, blotting paper, chemisorption, chemisorptive, chemosorption, chemosorptive, digestion, digestive, endosmosis,&#8230; …

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  • 90drunken — Synonyms and related words: addicted to drink, addled, beery, bemused, besotted, bibacious, bibulous, blind drunk, crapulent, crapulous, dizzy, drenched, drinking, drunk, far gone, flustered, fou, full, gay, giddy, given to drink, glorious, happy …

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