bibulous
9.9
Fond of drinking a lot of alcohol
- adjective
- /ˈbɪbjələs/
- Literature
:
bebedor
- The bibulous toasts at the wedding celebration lasted long into the night.
Examples
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It was during one of my bibulous periods.
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After a bibulous evening at the bar, she woke up with a terrible headache.
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He reminisced about his bibulous days as a college student, filled with parties and late nights.
Synonyms
7
7.7
Full of alcohol or involving a lot of drinking
focuses on excessive drinking rather than any ordinary alcohol consumption
9.9
Someone who often gets drunk because they drink too much alcohol
describes a tendency to drink excessively rather than being constantly drunk
Antonyms
How Alcoholic
bibulous
- Literature
teetotal
7.4
Surface Forms
bibulous positive
Morphology
bibulous = bibul + ous
Although the suffix '-ous' is productive, the base 'bibul-' is a Latin combining form (meaning 'drink') not a recognizable English word, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning.
Etymology
The word bibulous comes from the Latin root bib- meaning 'to drink', the same root you see in the word imbibe. So a bibulous person is someone who likes to drink alcohol a lot.