Bibulous
/ˈbɪb.jə.ləs/noun
Fond of drinking alcoholic beverages; absorbent or spongy.
Did you know?Bibulous comes from Latin *bibulus*, “apt for drinking,” from *bibere* (“to drink”), the same ancient root behind *imbibe* and *beverage*—proof that English has long treated drinking like a ritual vocabulary.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peh₃-
“to drink”
Latin
Latin
bibere
“to drink”
Latin
Latin
bibulus
“drinking; apt to drink up, absorbent”
Late Latin / Medieval Latin
Latin
bibulosus
“full of drink; absorbent”
16th Century
English
bibulous
“drinking readily; absorbent”
Modern English
English
bibulous
“fond of alcoholic drink; absorbent”