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Definition of abstemious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

abstemious

adjective
 
/əbˈstiːmiəs/
 
/əbˈstiːmiəs/
 (formal)
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  1. not allowing yourself to have much food or alcohol, or to do things that are fun
    • He was a hard-working man with abstemious habits.
    Topics Cooking and eatingc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin abstemius, (from ab- ‘from’ + a word related to temetum ‘alcoholic liquor’) + -ous.
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