Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

libatious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: li-ba-tious
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a tendency to drink alcohol, especially in large amounts.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"The saloons flourish, though desperate drunkenness is not so frequent as in the larger cities. It is the sottish, unthinking, maudlin, libacious sort, who drink their beer and sit in muddled contemplation of their pipe, often on their cottage doorsteps."
"Mama said he'd be a failure Live down on the Bowery somewhere, yeah Libacious schoolboy with that slicked back hair"
"[…] asked our libatious bride of Christ to take a sobriety test. She failed."
"Social life among students was lively, libatious, and often irreverent."

Etymology

From libation (“(humorous) alcoholic beverage”) + -ous.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

more libatious (comparative) most libatious (superlative) libacious (alternative)

Synonyms

boozy

Questions

What does libatious mean?: Having a tendency to drink alcohol, especially in large amounts.
Where does libatious come from?: From libation (“(humorous) alcoholic beverage”) + -ous.

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