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Meaning of libatious | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

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

humorous

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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