abstemious
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mi 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; < Latin abstēmius, equivalent to abs- abs- + tēm- (base of tēmētum intoxicating drink) + -ius -ious
1615–25; < Latin abstēmius, equivalent to abs- abs- + tēm- (base of tēmētum intoxicating drink) + -ius -ious
Related forms
ab·ste·mi·ous·ly, adverb
ab·ste·mi·ous·ness, noun
non·ab·ste·mi·ous, adjective
non·ab·ste·mi·ous·ly, adverb
non·ab·ste·mi·ous·ness, noun
o·ver·ab·ste·mi·ous, adjective
o·ver·ab·ste·mi·ous·ly, adverb
o·ver·ab·ste·mi·ous·ness, noun
un·ab·ste·mi·ous, adjective
un·ab·ste·mi·ous·ly, adverb
un·ab·ste·mi·ous·ness, noun
Synonyms
ascetic, abstinent, temperate, nonindulgent.
ascetic, abstinent, temperate, nonindulgent.
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| —adj | |
| moderate or sparing, esp in the consumption of alcohol or food; temperate | |
| [C17: from Latin abstēmius, from abs- | |
| ab'stemiously | |
| —adv | |
| ab'stemiousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
abstemious
c.1600, from L. abstemius "sober, temperate," from ab(s)- "from" + stem of temetum "strong drink," related to temulentus "drunken." Technically, of liquor, but extended in Latin to temperance in living generally.
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Example sentences
If he had known this would happen, he said, he would have lived a less abstemious life.
It is one of the ways the government hopes to lure tourists from the rest of the generally abstemious region.
Smokers tend to die younger than do their abstemious peers, by nearly a decade.
But the candidate is boringly abstemious — and reporters traveling with him find him aloof.
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