aquabib
noun/ˈeɪk.wə.bɪb/
Etymology Based on Latin aqua (“water”) + bibere, infinitive of bibō (“to drink”)
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Derogatory, Obsolete, Rare A teetotaler; one who does not consume alcohol.
- Hydropots and aquabibs are epithets bestowed by the champions of alcohol in London upon the temperance folk.1883, The Louisville Medical News: a weekly journal of medicine and surgery: Volumes 15-16:
- Dwight L. Moody and John B. Gough, the great aquabib, had commanded attention […]1949, Julia Cooley Altrocchi, The spectacular San Franciscans:
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- While its more sober counterpart was directed to quite different ends by a pugnacious aquabib, William Henry Draper1966, Robert Arnold Aubin, Topographical poetry in XVII-century Eng: