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bibulous

/ˈbɪb.jʊ.ləs/

Where it comes from

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.

adjective more bibulous · most bibulous

Very absorbent. Wearing gloves and chemical eye protection, cover the smear with a strip of bibulous paper cut slightly smaller than the slide.
Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink. At first he was closely confined there, but one day he broke the privy window and escaped to Shehad, the bibulous Emir, in his suburb of Awali.
Similar: bibacious, boozy, sottish, Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye, bedrunken, befuddled

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adj very absorbent

Русский	абсорби́рующий absorbírujuščij, гигроскопи́чный gigroskopíčnyj

adj marked by the consumption of alcohol

Español	escabiador, escabio
Русский	выпива́ющий vypivájuščij

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@misc{bibulous_2026,
  title = {bibulous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bibulous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}