bibulous
/ˈbɪb.jʊ.ləs/
"bibulous" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bibulous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Very absorbent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bibulous · bibulous · English
bibulous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bibulous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbɪb.jʊ.ləs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bibulous” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bibulous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbɪb.jʊ.ləs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bibulous in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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. The correct English form is bibulous, spelled B-I-B-U-L-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Very absorbent.
- 2Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bibulous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wearing gloves and chemical eye protection, cover the smear with a strip of bibulous paper cut slightly smaller than the slide.
At first he was closely confined there, but one day he broke the privy window and escaped to Shehad, the bibulous Emir, in his suburb of Awali.
Etymology
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.
This word in other languages
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