#142 bibulous

bibulous- addicted to alcohol

- C17 from Latin bibulus, from bibere to drink

- bibulously, bibulousness (noun)

Exasperated with his bibulous subaltern, the captain entered the following in the log: ‘The mate was drunk today.

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