teetotal
adjective/ˌtiːˈtəʊtl/
/ˌtiːˈtəʊtl/
- never drinking alcohol
- He's strictly teetotal.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- remain
- …
- strictly
Word Originmid 19th cent.: emphatic extension of total, apparently first used by Richard Turner, a worker from Preston, in a speech (1833) urging total abstinence from all alcohol, rather than mere abstinence from spirits, advocated by some early temperance reformers.Definitions on the go
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