bibulousadj.

/ˈbɪbjʊləs/

Etymology: < Latin bibulus freely or readily drinking ( < bibĕre to drink) + -ous suffix.

1. Absorbent of moisture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > action or process of absorbing > [adjective]

soakingc1440

drinking1583

spongy1609

bibbing1633

absorptive1664

absorbing1666

bibulous1676

absorbent1694

insorbent1756

hygroscopic1790

obsorbent1902

1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 73 If the Soil be exceeding bibulous.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. i. 138 With bibulous sponges those Made clean the tables.

1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. ii. 43 Remove the excess by bibulous paper.

2. Addicted to drinking or tippling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > alcoholic or addicted to drinking

drunkensomea1300

drunkelew1362

drunksomec1475

drunken1548

boozing1569

boozy1592

bousy1592

moisty1593

unsober1611

upsy-friesy1617

moist1619

sottish1632

swilling1633

bibacious1663

intemperate1680

swill-bellied1680

swill-down1693

wet1699

potative1737

compotatory1817

alcoholic1845

drinking1856

bibulous1861

on the drink1865

1861 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 116 The..irregular hours of a careless bibulous age, had undermined Girtin's health.

3. Relating to drink.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > [adjective]

bibulous1825

1825 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 17 322 Unskilled in bibulous lore, if he knows not the value set upon the claret of Ireland.

Derivatives

ˈbibulously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > action or process of absorbing > [adverb]

hygroscopically1818

bibulously1848

1848 T. De Quincey Life & Adventures Goldsmith in N. Brit. Rev. May 207 The arid sands that bibulously absorbed all the perennial gushings of German enthusiasm.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	bibulous
释义	bibulousadj. /ˈbɪbjʊləs/ Etymology: < Latin bibulus freely or readily drinking ( < bibĕre to drink) + -ous suffix. 1. Absorbent of moisture. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > action or process of absorbing > [adjective] soakingc1440 drinking1583 spongy1609 bibbing1633 absorptive1664 absorbing1666 bibulous1676 absorbent1694 insorbent1756 hygroscopic1790 obsorbent1902 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 73 If the Soil be exceeding bibulous. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. i. 138 With bibulous sponges those Made clean the tables. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. ii. 43 Remove the excess by bibulous paper. 2. Addicted to drinking or tippling. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > alcoholic or addicted to drinking drunkensomea1300 drunkelew1362 drunksomec1475 drunken1548 boozing1569 boozy1592 bousy1592 moisty1593 unsober1611 upsy-friesy1617 moist1619 sottish1632 swilling1633 bibacious1663 intemperate1680 swill-bellied1680 swill-down1693 wet1699 potative1737 compotatory1817 alcoholic1845 drinking1856 bibulous1861 on the drink1865 1861 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 116 The..irregular hours of a careless bibulous age, had undermined Girtin's health. 3. Relating to drink. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > [adjective] bibulous1825 1825 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 17 322 Unskilled in bibulous lore, if he knows not the value set upon the claret of Ireland. Derivatives ˈbibulously adv. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > action or process of absorbing > [adverb] hygroscopically1818 bibulously1848 1848 T. De Quincey Life & Adventures Goldsmith in N. Brit. Rev. May 207 The arid sands that bibulously absorbed all the perennial gushings of German enthusiasm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1676
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