Abstemious
[əb'stiːmɪəs] or [əb'stimɪəs]
Definition
(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 with the use of adverbs'; 'a light eater'; 'a light smoker'; 'ate a light supper' .
Checker: Phelps--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Abstaining from wine.
(a.) Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
(a.) Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
(a.) Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
(a.) Promotive of abstemiousness.
Typist: Moira
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Abstinent (by habit), sober, moderate, habitually temperate, sparing in diet.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Abstinent, moderate, self-denying, sober, temperate, sparing, frugal
ANT:Sensual, self-indulgent, gluttonous, greedy, intemperate
Editor: Noreen
Definition
adj. temperate: sparing in food drink or enjoyments.—adv. Abstem′iously.—n. Abstem′iousness.
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Examples
- He is very abstemious, hardly ever touching alcohol, caring little for meat, but fond of fruit, and never averse to a strong cup of coffee or a good cigar. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Wrench, generally abstemious, often drank wine rather freely at a party, getting the more irritable in consequence. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr. Hall was no _bon vivant_--he was naturally an abstemious man, indifferent to luxury; but Boultby and Helstone both liked good cookery. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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