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bibulous

adj.
UK //baɪbjˈʊləs// bibu·lous
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Origin

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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