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bibulous

[bib-yuh-luhs] / ˈbɪb yə ləs /
ADJECTIVE
absorbent
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
drunken
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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Charlotte Rampling straddles dry humor and withering tragedy as a bibulous grandmother in “Juniper.”

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023

From that bibulous beginning, Mr. Epstein became a driving force behind the Library of America, which published its first books in 1979.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022

Colorado - really its farmers and ranchers - are stewards for increasingly bibulous downstream states.

From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2018

Old-school voters expecting him to reinstate the fading habit of the long and bibulous lunch may have to wait.

From The New Yorker • May 9, 2017

The liquid is adjusted to the mark by withdrawing any excess from the capillary end by a strip of bibulous paper or by a capillary tube.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various