BIBULOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (BIB-yuh-luhs)

MEANING: adjective: 1. Excessively fond of drinking. 2. Highly absorbent.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin bibere (to drink). Ultimately from the Indo-European root poi- (to drink), which also gave us potion, poison, potable, beverage, and Sanskrit paatram (pot). Earliest documented use: 1676.
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BIMBULOUS - airheaded

BIBBULOUS - like lettuce

BIBLOUS - Scriptural