bibulous

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bibulous
    adj 1: given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a
           bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous evening"; "his boozy
           drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a drunken
           binge"; "two drunken gentlemen holding each other up";
           "sottish behavior" [syn: {bibulous}, {boozy}, {drunken},
           {sottish}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bibulous \Bib"u*lous\, a. [L. bibulus, fr. bibere to drink. See
   {Bib}, v. t. ]
   1. Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous
      blotting paper.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

53 Moby Thesaurus words for "bibulous":
      absorbent, addicted to drink, adsorbent, assimilative, bibacious,
      blotting, chemisorptive, chemosorptive, crapulent, crapulous,
      digestive, drinking, drunken, endosmotic, excessive, exosmotic,
      extravagant, extreme, given to drink, gluttonous, imbibitory,
      immoderate, incontinent, indulgent, inordinate, intemperate,
      osmotic, overindulgent, overindulging, prodigal, resorbent,
      self-indulgent, soaking, sorbent, sottish, spongeous, spongy,
      swilling, swinish, thirsty, tippling, too much, toping, unbridled,
      unconstrained, uncontrolled, undisciplined, unfrugal, unlimited,
      unmeasured, unrestrained, unthrifty, winebibbing