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Would you like to play games with a 'Purple Gorilla'? Click here to download BonziBUDDY - FREE! http://by.advertising.com/1/c/62072/26621/113060/113060 <a href="http://by.advertising.com/1/c/62072/26621/113060/113060"< AOL users click here </a< =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Word of the Day for Saturday November 17, 2001: bibulous \BIB-yuh-luhs\, adjective: 1. Of, pertaining to, marked by, or given to the consumption of alcoholic drink. 2. Readily absorbing fluids or moisture. Vineyards are everywhere, especially when Felix approaches Paris, the most populous city in Christendom -- and the most bibulous too, since lousy local wine had to be drunk before it turned sour in a few months. --Eugen Weber, "Renaissance Men," [1]New York Times, April 13, 1997 Ever since the joys of the fermented grape were discovered, the bibulous have been waking up feeling the worse for wear. --Sally Chatterton, "The Daily Website: www.hungover.net," [2]Independent, September 3, 2001 _________________________________________________________ Bibulous comes from Latin bibulus, from bibere, "to drink." References 1. http://www.nytimes.com/ 2. http://www.independent.co.uk/ _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: susan.w.pereira@enron.com To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: join-WordoftheDay@lists.lexico.com To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: leave-wordoftheday-301289Q@lists.lexico.com Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ (C) 2001, Lexico LLC.
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