bibulous

From Latin bibulus (“freely or readily drinking”) (from bibō (“I drink”); whence also beverage and imbibe) +‎ -ous.

bibulous (comparative more bibulous, superlative most bibulous)

1. Very absorbent.
   • 2015, Michael J. Leboffe, Microbiology: Laboratory Theory and Application, page 217:

     Wearing gloves and chemical eye protection, cover the smear with a strip of bibulous paper cut slightly smaller than the slide.

2. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol.

   Synonyms: bibacious, boozy, sottish

• See also Thesaurus:drunk

• bibulously
• bibulousness

• bibacious
• bibation
• bibativeness