bibulous

Adjective

bibulous (comparative more bibulous, superlative most bibulous)

1. Very absorbent.
   • Wearing gloves and chemical eye protection, cover the smear with a strip of bibulous paper cut slightly smaller than the slide.2015, Michael J. Leboffe, Microbiology: Laboratory Theory and Application, page 217
2. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink.
   • 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.1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 155
   • 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.2015 March 31, Margalit Fox, “Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Dies at 78”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms:

   bibacious, boozy, sottish, Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye