单词 | teetotalism |
释义 | teetotalismn. The principle or practice of total abstinence from alcoholic liquors. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > total abstinence total abstinence1831 teetotalism1834 Rechabitism1841 Good Templarism1859 nephalism1860 blue-ribbonism1867 total abstention1880 temperance1887 Templarism1888 1834 Preston Temp. Adv. Aug. 62/2 The flame of real tee-totalism was communicated at this meeting. 1839 W. Jay in Autobiogr. (1854) x. 104 The subject of Teetotallism I have examined physically, morally and Christianly. 1863 J. Paget Paradoxes & Puzzles, Ess. Art (1874) iii. 456 Mr. Cruikshank has embraced the doctrines of teetotalism with the zeal natural to his genius. 1897 W. H. G. Temple in Chicago Advance 18 Nov. 712/2 [On the] question of drink, there is but one safe, one reasonable stand—that of absolute teetotalism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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