Definition
The state or quality of being bibulous; habitual or excessive drinking; drunkenness.
Etymology
From bibulous (inclined to drink) + -ity (state or quality). The bibulous root traces to Latin bibere (to drink), with -ulous forming an adjective meaning 'inclined to,' then -ity nominalizing it into an abstract quality.
Kelly Says
Victorian writers loved this word because it sounds so elegant and scholarly compared to simply saying 'drunkenness'—it's the kind of polite word you'd use to describe someone's unfortunate 'bibulosity' at a gentlemen's club.
Translations
CACatalà
inflat
in-flah-t
CSČeština
puchrnatost
poochr-na-tost
DADansk
blæreskab
blæ-res-kab
DEDeutsch
Bibilosität
bee-bee-lo-si-taet
ELΕλληνικά
πρήξιμο
pri-ksi-mo
ESEspañol
bibulosidad
bee-boo-lo-si-dad
FISuomi
kulomainen
koo-lo-mai-nen
FRFrançais
bibilosité
bee-bee-lo-si-te
HUMagyar
felfújhatóság
fel-fúj-hat-o-sag
IDBahasa Indonesia
keban
ke-ban
IGIG
ogbugbu
oh-goo-boo-goo
ITItaliano
bibilosità
bee-bee-lo-si-ta
MSBahasa Melayu
keban
ke-ban
NLNederlands
opblaasbaarheid
op-blaas-ba-ar-heid
NONorsk
blæreskab
blæ-res-kab
PLPolski
puzyrkowatość
poo-zyr-ko-va-tosc
PTPortuguês
bibilosidade
bee-bee-lo-si-dade
RORomână
pufoare
poo-fo-are
RUРусский
пузырьковость
poo-zyr-kov-st
SVSvenska
blåsorformighet
bla-so-r-form-ig-het
SWKiswahili
kucha
koo-cha
TAதமிழ்
புழுக்கம்
pu-zhu-kkam
TLTL
pag-a-palaki
pa-ga-pa-la-ki
TRTürkçe
kabarcıklaşma
ka-bar-cik-lash-ma
UKУкраїнська
пухкавість
pook-ka-vis-t
VITiếng Việt
sự phồng lên
su-phi-hong len
ZH中文
膨胀性
phēng zhàng xìng