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ab·ste·mi·ous

Audio Help [ab-stee-mee-uh

–adjective

1.	sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.

2.	characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life.

3.	sparing: an abstemious diet.

[Origin: 1615–25; < L abstémius, equiv. to abs- abs- + tém- (base of témétum intoxicating drink) + -ius -ious

]

—Related forms

ab·ste·mi·ous·ly, adverb

ab·ste·mi·ous·ness, noun

—Synonyms ascetic, abstinent, temperate, nonindulgent.

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ab·ste·mi·ous Audio Help (āb-stē'mē-əs, əb-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Eating and drinking in moderation.
Characterized by abstinence or moderation: The hermit led an abstemious way of life.

[From Latin abstēmius : abs-, ab-, away; see ab-¹ + *tēmum, liquor, variant of tēmētum.]

ab·ste'mi·ous·ly adv., ab·ste'mi·ous·ness n.

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abstemious

1610, from L. abstemius "sober, temperate," from ab(s)- "from" + stem of temetum "strong drink," related to temulentus "drunken." Technically, of liquor, but extended in L. to temperance in living generally.

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abstemious
adjective
1.	sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy [ant: gluttonous]
2.	marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"

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abstemious [əbˈstiːmiəs] adjective

taking little food, drink etc
Example: She was being very abstemious as she was trying to lose weight; an abstemious young man

Arabic:	مُعْتَدِل فِي الطَعَّام
Chinese (Simplified):	节食的
Chinese (Traditional):	節食的
Czech:	střídmý
Danish:	afholdende; mådeholdende
Dutch:	matig
Estonian:	mõõdukas
Finnish:	pidättyvä
French:	sobre
German:	enthaltsam
Greek:	εγκρατής, λιτοδίαιτος
Hungarian:	mértékletes
Icelandic:	hófsamur
Indonesian:	makan sedikit
Italian:	sobrio, astemio

Japanese:	節制した
Korean:	절제하는
Latvian:	atturīgs (ēšanā, dzeršanā)
Lithuanian:	susilaikantis, saikingas
Norwegian:	måteholden
Polish:	wstrzemięźliwy, umiarkowany
Portuguese (Brazil):	sóbrio
Portuguese (Portugal):	abstémio
Romanian:	cumpătat
Russian:	умеренный
Slovak:	striedmy
Slovenian:	vzdržen, zmeren
Spanish:	abstemio
Swedish:	återhållsam, måttlig
Turkish:	az yiyip az içen

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Abstemious

Ab*ste"mi*ous\, a. [L. abstemius; ab, abs + root of temetum intoxicating drink.]

1. Abstaining from wine. [Orig. Latin sense.]

Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. --Milton.

2. Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.

Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. --Arbuthnot.

3. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet. --Gibbon.

4. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life. "One abstemious day." --Pope.

5. Promotive of abstemiousness. [R.]

Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. --Dryden.

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