Omnibibulous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able, or likely able, to drink almost anything (alcoholic). rare

    "Sir W.H.,... expected me to be both omnivorous and omnibibulous; when we rose from his high table and left the room I felt sheathed in an alcoholic mist. --William Manchester, The Last Lion, Visions of Glory, page 886."

Example

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"Sir W.H.,... expected me to be both omnivorous and omnibibulous; when we rose from his high table and left the room I felt sheathed in an alcoholic mist. --William Manchester, The Last Lion, Visions of Glory, page 886."

Etymology

From omni- + bibulous.

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