Is the word "bibulosity" still in use today?

[NewHopeR]

And what does "self- composition" mean?

Context:

It's not the year of self- composition already, no more bibulosity.


To be a civilized guest, please keep quiet instead of bibulosity and bustle.

if you are keen on (revel in smoke, bibulosity , tattoo) please you find other friend.

 

[emsr2d2]

Those bizarre links seem to take me to the Adobe Flash Player update page.

None of the three sentences you posted are natural English.

 

[5jj]

Here's the link - not a dictionary in which I would place much confidence

 

[bhaisahab]

Here's the link - not a dictionary in which I would place much confience

No, indeed.

 

[NewHopeR]

No, indeed.

Thank you guys.

I found, however, the definition of the word in Free Dictionary Onlin:
bibulosity excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.

No example of the word usage in any sentence has been found except YouDao, the Chinese version dict.

 

[birdeen's call]

"bibulous":

COCA - 17
COHA - 87 (15 after 1950)
BNC - 6

"bibulosity":

no results.

 

[birdeen's call]

I have noticed that Chinese dictionaries and other resources contain plenty of awkward or just ungrammatical sentences as examples. What is the reason for that?

Added: I've found the source of one of these sentences: http://magazine.99ys.com/periodical/per_85/article--226--310_1.shtml

NewHopeR, I would recommend that you never use that dictionary again. Taking examples from non-native writing is a very bad thing to do when you are creating a dictionary.

 

[Tdol]

"bibulous":

COCA - 17
COHA - 87 (15 after 1950)
BNC - 6

"bibulosity":

no results.

That seems a fair picture.

 

[NewHopeR]

"bibulous":

COCA - 17
COHA - 87 (15 after 1950)
BNC - 6

"bibulosity":

no results.

Google Book:
More than 500 results

 

[birdeen's call]

Google Book:
More than 500 results

And almost all of them are dictionaries, very old books or quotations from very old books.

 

[5jj]

Have you looked at those 500? Go through the whole list and see:

How many of the books were first published less than fifty years ago?

How many of those published less than 50 years ago are not about mediaeval life, famous universities, people who died more than 50 years ago , or events that took place more than 50 years ago?

I think your final figure will be pretty low.

(Later) I see BC beat me to it. She and I have made a very similar point.