Bibulous

Definition: Bibulous

Bibulous

Adjective

1. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous evening"; "his boozy drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a drunken binge"; "two drunken gentleman holding each other up"; "sottish behavior".

Date "bibulous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references)

Synonyms: Bibulous

Synonyms: boozy (adj), drunken (adj), sottish (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Food	Adjective: eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary; cereal, cibarious; dietetic; culinary; nutritive, nutritious; gastric; succulent; potable, potulent; bibulous.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Bibulous

English words defined with "bibulous": Bibulously, boozy ♦ drunken ♦ sottish. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Bibulous Wire Walker (1902)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Dodge City: Cowboy Capital; Beautiful Bibulous Babylon; Queen of the Cowtowns; Wicked Little City; The Delectable Burg (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Bibulous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bibulous" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	6	143,867

Language		Translations for "bibulous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		që pi pa mase. (various references)

Czech		milovný moku. (various references)

Farsi		میگسار, جاذب (Absorbent, Attractive, Catchy), باده نوش , باده دوست . (various references)

French		ivrogne. (various references)

German		trunksüchtig (alcoholic, dipsomaniac, intemperate). (various references)

Greek		σπογγώδησ (spongy), φιλοπότησ (dipteral, guzzler, tippler), απορροφητικόσ (absorbent, absorbing, absorptive, suction). (various references)

Hungarian		abszorbens (absorbing). (various references)

Indonesian		ketagihan minuman keras. (various references)

Italian		dedito al bere. (various references)

Manx		iuagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		ibulousbay

Portuguese		bíbulo, que gosta de beber, absorvente (absorbent, absorbent substance, absorber, absorbing, adsorbent, adsorbing, engrossing, overmastering, spongy). (various references)

Romanian		spongios (spongy), care absoarbe. (various references)

Russian		впитывающий влагу. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sklon piću. (various references)

Spanish		bebedor (bibber, drinker, hard-drinking, inebriate, soaker, sot, tippler, toper), absorbente (absorbant, absorbent, absorbent substance, absorber, absorbing, absorptive, engrossing). (various references)

Swedish		begiven på sprit (intemperate, potatory). (various references)

Thai		�"ื่มเหล้ามากเกินไป. (various references)

Turkish		içkici (bibber, boozer, boozy, drinker, drunkard, drunken, habitual drinker, habitual drunkard, heavy drinker, lush, soak, sponge, tippler, toper, wino), emici (absorbent, absorbing, absorptive, adsorbent, sucking), ayyaş (alcoholic, bacchanal, bacchant, bibber, boozy, dipsomaniac, dissipated, drinker, drunk, drunkard, habitual drunkard, intemperate, lush, rounder, soak, sot, sottish, souse, sponge, toper, wino). (various references)

Ukranian		усмоктуючий (absorbent). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bibulous": bibulously, bibulousness, bibulousnesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Bibulous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bajulus, bibilous, Biblique, Bieuleu, Bifulco, bilulous, bimulous, Binulu, Boulou, Bubulcus, Bubulu. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "bibulous" (pronounced 'Bib"u*lous'): Acanthocephalous, Acarpellous, Acephalous, Achilous, Acholous, Achylous, Acidulous, Adenophyllous, Amphibolous, Amyelous, Androcephalous, Anemorphilous, Angulous, Anhelous, Anisodactylous, Anisophyllous, Anomalous, Anomophyllous, Anthophilous, Antibillous, Antivariolous, Apellous, Aphyllous, Arenulous, Argillous, Artiodactylous, Aurocephalous, Autocephalous, Basylous, benevolous, Biangulous, Bicephalous, Calculous, Callous, Cancellous, Caryophyllous, Cautelous, Cavernulous, Cephalous, Chylous, Corpusculous, Credulous, Daedalous, Decaphyllous, Dedalous, Depilous, Dicephalous, Diphyllous, Edentulous, Emulous. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-b-i-l-o-s-u-u"
	-1 letter: bulbous.
	-2 letters: bilbos.
	-3 letters: bilbo, blobs, blubs, boils, bolus, bulbs, louis.
	-4 letters: bibs, bios, blob, blub, bobs, boil, bubo, bubs, bulb, libs, lobs, obis, oils, sibb, silo, slob, slub, soil, soli, soul, sulu, ulus.
	-5 letters: bib, bio, bis, bob, bos, bub, bus, lib, lis, lob, obi, oil, sib, sob, sol, sou, sub, ulu.
	Words containing the letters "b-b-i-l-o-s-u-u"
	+2 letters: bibulously.
	+4 letters: bibulousness, suborbicular.
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