ombibulous

English

Etymology

Coined by H. L. Mencken. The term omnibibulous existed before ombibulous.

Adjective

ombibulous (comparative more ombibulous, superlative most ombibulous)

1. Synonym of omnibibulous
   • 2021, David Profumo, The Lightning Thread: Fishological Moments and The Pursuit of Paradise, Scribner UK, →ISBN:

     With age, I have come to be a little less ombibulous - beer seems excessively diuretic, brandy makes me walk like Andy Pandy, and I have had to foreswear previous cocktail delights such as Depth Bomb [...]

   • 1963, John P. Poe, “Class Notes”, in Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 64:

     The class was not only omnivorous, but also ombibulous as well.

   • 1941, H. L. Mencken, Newspaper Days, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 199:

     He was magnificently ombibulous, drinking anything that contained ethyl alcohol [...]