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bibulous

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈbɪb.jʊ.ləs/

Definition of bibulous

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Very absorbent.
    “Wearing gloves and chemical eye protection, cover the smear with a strip of bibulous paper cut slightly smaller than the slide.”
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adj

  1. Very absorbent.
    “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 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.”
    “His pet, Mr. Dahl announced in a flash of bibulous inspiration, caused him no such trouble. The reason? “I have a pet rock,” he explained.”

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Etymology

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.

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