bibulate, v.
[A bombastic or humorous diminutive from L. bib-ĕre to drink, with reference to bibble, bibulous.]
trans. To bibble or tipple. So ˈbibulant a. and n., bibuˈlation n.
| 1767 A. Campbell Lexiph. (1774) 29 I bibulated [it]. 1828 Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 866 We bibulate gin and water with the housekeeper. 1883 Boston Herald Corresp., Bibulants will even buy alcohol, dilute it and drink it. 1882 St. James's Gaz. 12 Apr. 5 The extraordinary capacity for bibulation displayed by the regular soldier. |