Word of the Day 2.15.09
abstemious
ab·ste·mi·ous (
b-st
m-
s, b-)
adj.
1. Eating and drinking in moderation.
2.
a. Sparingly used or consumed: abstemious meals.
b. Restricted to bare necessities: an abstemious way of life.
[From Latin abstmius : abs-, ab-, away; see ab-1 + *tmum, liquor, variant of tmtum.]
ab·stemi·ous·ly adv.
ab·stemi·ous·ness n.
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| Adj. | 1. | abstemious – sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; “the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious”- John Galsworthy
nonindulgent, strict – characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
gluttonous – given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; “over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands”; “a gluttonous debauch”; “a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure”
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| 2. | abstemious – marked by temperance in indulgence; “abstemious with the use of adverbs”; “a light eater”; “a light smoker”; “ate a light supper”
temperate – not extreme in behavior; “temperate in his habits”; “a temperate response to an insult”; “temperate in his eating and drinking”
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