different between boozy vs bibulous

English

Etymology

From booze +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bu?zi/
• Rhymes: -u?zi

Adjective

boozy (comparative boozier, superlative booziest)

1. (of a person) Intoxicated by alcohol.
2. (of a person) Inclined to consume a significant amount of alcohol.
3. (of an event) Involving a large consumption of alcohol.

   We all had hangovers after a boozy weekend in town.

4. (of food) Containing or cooked with alcohol.

   For dessert, the hosts treated us to a helping of boozy apple pie.

Synonyms

• (intoxicated by alcohol): See Thesaurus:drunk
• (inclined to consume alcohol): drunk, sottish
• (involving large consumption of alcohol):
• (containing alcohol): See Thesaurus:alcoholic

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin bibulus from bib? (“drink”) +? -ulus from Proto-Italic *pib?, from Proto-Indo-European *píph?eti, from root *peh?- (“drink”); whence also imbibe and beverage via Old French beivre.

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?b?yo?o-l?s, IPA^(key): /?b?b.j?.l?s/

Adjective

bibulous (comparative more bibulous, superlative most bibulous)

1. Very absorbent.
2. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink.

   Synonyms: bibacious, boozy, sottish

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:drunk

Derived terms

• bibulously
• bibulousness

Related terms

• bibacious
• bibation
• bibativeness

Translations