Latin adjective meaning 'drinking much' or 'inclined to drink'; an alternative or archaic form of bibulous.
Direct Latin form from bibere (to drink) with -ulus suffix. Appears in Latin texts and medieval sources, preserved in English scholarly and medical discourse.
This is the Latin original form that English speakers Anglicized into 'bibulous'—seeing both side-by-side shows how English absorbed Latin scientific and literary vocabulary wholesale during the Renaissance and scholarly periods.
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