abstemious
abstemious is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet. Gibbon.
- 3.Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life. "One abstemious day." Pope.
- 4.Promotive of abstemiousness. [R.] Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. Dryden.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abnegation
- abstain
- abstainer
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- abstinent
- alcoholic
- are
- compass
- deny
- driver
- dry
- enough
- forbear
- forbearance
- frugal
- frugality
- gymnosophist
- had
- has
- know
- limit
- measured
- moderate
- moderation
- off
- one
- oneself
- pledge
- pour
- prohibition
- refrain
- resolution
- self-control
- self-denial
- self-restraint
- sober
- soberness
- sobriety
- spare
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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