ab|ste´mi|ous|ness

ab|ste´mi|ous|ness
ab|ste|mi|ous «ab STEE mee uhs», adjective.
1. sparing in eating and drinking; moderate; temperate: »

My sister is abstemious in her eating habits; she never eats too much. Abstemious, refusing luxuries, not sourly and reproachfully, but simply as unfit for his habit (Emerson).

2. very plain; restricted: »

an abstemious diet.

SYNONYM(S): sparing.
[< Latin abstēmius (with English -ous) < abs- off + unrecorded tēmum strong drink]
ab|ste´mi|ous|ly, adverb.
ab|ste´mi|ous|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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