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Abstemious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Abstemious? [adj] sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy [adj] marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious meals"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Abstemious: abstentious \| abstinent \| ascetic \| ascetical \| austere \| light(a) \| spartan \| temperate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Abstemious: abstentious \| abstinent \| Apostolic \| ascetic \| austere \| celibate \| chaste \| continent \| dwarfed \| dwarfish \| Encratic \| exiguous \| frugal \| fruitarian \| impoverished \| jejune \| lean \| Lenten \| limited \| meager \| mean \| miserly \| narrow \| nephalistic \| niggardly \| on the wagon \| paltry \| parsimonious \| poor \| puny \| Pythagorean \| Rechabite \| scant \| scanty \| scrawny \| scrimp \| scrimpy \| self-abnegating \| self-denying \| sexually abstinent \| Shaker \| skimp \| skimpy \| slender \| slight \| slim \| small \| sober \| spar \| spare \| sparing \| Spartan \| starvation \| stingy \| stinted \| Stoic \| straitened \| stunted \| subsistence \| sworn off \| teetotal \| temperate \| thin \| unnourishing \| unnutritious \| vegetarian \| watered \| watery See Also \| nonindulgent Abstemious In Webster's Dictionary \Abste"mious\, 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.

Abstemious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Abstemious?

[adj] sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy
[adj] marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious meals"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"

See Also | nonindulgent

Abstemious In Webster's Dictionary

\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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