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abstemious
[ ab-stee-mee-uhs ]
adjective
- sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
- characterized by abstinence:
an abstemious life.
- sparing:
an abstemious diet.
abstemious
/ əbˈstiːmɪəs /
adjective
- moderate or sparing, esp in the consumption of alcohol or food; temperate
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Derived Forms
- abˈstemiously, adverb
- abˈstemiousness, noun
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Other Words From
- ab·stemi·ous·ly adverb
- ab·stemi·ous·ness noun
- nonab·stemi·ous adjective
- nonab·stemi·ous·ly adverb
- nonab·stemi·ous·ness noun
- over·ab·stemi·ous adjective
- over·ab·stemi·ous·ly adverb
- over·ab·stemi·ous·ness noun
- unab·stemi·ous adjective
- unab·stemi·ous·ly adverb
- unab·stemi·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of abstemious1
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
He quit smoking weed years ago, gave up drinking, and today lives a fairly abstemious life.
Deviled eggs are a cocktail-party staple and are magnetic in their ability to attract even abstemious guests.
Mr. Balfour, being an abstemious man, would not submit to the latter alternative, but consented to tell a story.
Masters of prisons,” he rejoined, “who keep shop, have a natural horror of an abstemious captive.
I think I have retained the vigor of my mind more, in consequence of an abstemious diet.
After a few years, he ventured to change his abstemious diet for one more rich and stimulating.
Many a person, who wishes to be abstemious, seems to think that if he only abstains from flesh and fish, that is enough.
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