bibulous

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪb.jʊ.ləs/, enPR: bĭbʹyo͝o-ləs

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 alcoholic drink.

   Synonyms: bibacious, boozy, sottish; see also Thesaurus:drunk

   • 1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor (1991), p. 155:

     At first he was closely confined there, but one day he broke privy window and escaped to Shehad, the bibulous Emir, in his suburb of Awali.

   • 2015 March 31, Margalit Fox, “Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Dies at 78”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     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.

• bibulously
• bibulousness

• bibacious
• bibation
• bibativeness