teetotalistn.
Now rare.
= teetotaller n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > total abstinence > total abstainer
water-drinker1440
abstainerc1475
Rechabite1637
drink-watera1641
hydropotist1678
hydropot1727
teetotal1834
teetotaller1834
teetotalist1840
Washingtonian1842
Good Templar1853
teetotalleress1854
blue-ribbonist1858
nephalist1861
total abstainer1862
blue-ribbonite1867
totec1870
Templar1874
blue ribboner1878
total abstinent1882
water butt1882
white ribboner1886
non-drinker1910
pioneer1912
T.T.1922
1840 Fraser's Mag. 21 154 It joins the Teetotalists, and avoids a thimbleful of alcohol.
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Nov. 9 Is Mr. Wood the builder not a teetotalist, but a firm and sensible man?
Derivatives
teeˈtotalize v. (transitive) to convert to teetotalism; intransitive, to practise teetotalism, to abstain.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > totally abstain from alcohol
abstain1784
to put (also keep) in the pin1827
to take (also sign, keep) the pledge1833
teetotal1883
to take the blue ribbon1884
teetotalize1898
1898 G. B. Shaw Let. 18 Oct. (1972) II. 66 If I began to eat three beefsteaks a day, the ground would..be shifted to the want of stimulants; but as it is,..I am allowed to teetotallize [sic] in comparative peace.
teeˈtotalized adj.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [adjective] > total abstinence > converted to
teetotalized1847
1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. v. 74 Alas for even teetotalised human nature, when placed in trying circumstances!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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