bibulous

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin bibulus (“freely or readily drinking”) (from bibō (“I drink”); whence also beverage and imbibe) +‎ -ous.

Adjective

bibulous (comparative more bibulous, superlative most bibulous)

1. Very absorbent.
   • 2015, Michael J. Leboffe, Microbiology: Laboratory Theory and Application, page 217:

     Wearing gloves and chemical eye protection, cover the smear with a strip of bibulous paper cut slightly smaller than the slide.

2. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol.

   Synonyms: bibacious, boozy, sottish

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:drunk

Derived terms

• bibulously
• bibulousness

Related terms

• bibacious
• bibation
• bibativeness

Translations

very absorbent

• Bulgarian: хигроскопичен (higroskopičen)
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• Russian: абсорби́рующий (ru) m (absorbírujuščij), гигроскопи́чный (ru) m (gigroskopíčnyj)

marked by the consumption of alcohol

• Bulgarian: пиянски (bg) (pijanski)
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• Latin: bibax
• Russian: выпива́ющий (ru) m (vypivájuščij)