libatious

English

Alternative forms

• libacious

Etymology

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

Adjective

libatious (comparative more libatious, superlative most libatious)

1. (humorous) Having a tendency to drink alcohol, especially in large amounts.

   Synonym: boozy

   • 1892, Amanda M. Douglas, The Heirs of Bradley House, page 319:

     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.

   • 1983, Marc Jordan and John Capek, “American Pop”, in Bodies and Souls, performed by The Manhattan Transfer:

     Mama said he'd be a failure
     Live down on the Bowery somewhere, yeah
     Libacious schoolboy with that slicked back hair

   • 2016, Iain Spragg, “Sister Caught in the Act”, in Teachers' Strangest Tales:

     […] asked our libatious bride of Christ to take a sobriety test. She failed.

   • 2017, Michael Wertheimer, Max Wertheimer and Gestalt Theory, page 38:

     Social life among students was lively, libatious, and often irreverent.