bibulous
1 antonym for bibulous — opposites grouped by meaning.
Adj — Able to soak up liquid easily.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Able to soak up liquid easily.
“Wearing gloves and chemical eye protection, cover the smear with a strip of bibulous paper cut slightly smaller than the slide.”
2. adj
(informal) Fond of drinking alcohol, or showing the effects of it.
“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.”
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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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