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adjective
- (Original Latin sense) abstaining, Abstaining from wine.
- Milton:
- : Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain.
- sparing, Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
- Arbuthnot:
- : Instances of longevity are chiefly among the .
- sparing, Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation
- Gibbon:
- : an diet
- Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
- Pope:
- : One day.
- (rare) Promotive of abstemiousness
- Dryden:
- : Such is the virtue of the well.
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Translations: Etymology: From Latin abstemius; ab, abs + root of temetum intoxicating drink.
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