Definition of abstemious in English:

abstemious

adjective əbˈstiːmɪəsəbˈstimiəs

Indulging only very moderately in something, especially food and drink.
‘We only had a bottle.’ ‘Very abstemious of you.’
Example sentencesExamples
- A close family member confirmed that she lived a fairly simple and abstemious life, and spent some years in a nursing home before her death in May 1998.
- Judged alongside their abstemious Anglo-Saxon counterparts, they were seen as unruly, belligerent and not to be relied on, a slur that was extended to generations through media distortion and police discrimination.
- In personality they were frugal, abstemious, shrewd, accumulative, and solitary.
- Taylor portrays Hitler as a sour, arrogant, abstemious spoilsport and friend to small animals.
- There's still the same warm smile and shock of black hair, and there's clearly something to be said for her abstemious lifestyle for she looks a decade younger than it says on her birth certificate.
- Both were abstemious by nature, but knew how to enjoy themselves and were interesting company.
- New England in the 19th century was the apex of conformity: staid, stuffy and abstemious.
- On the other hand, I have hardly seen any pals because they are down the pub, so my main support now is Phil, an abstemious, gay, Welsh dancer who seems quite pleased that I share one of his lifestyle choices.
- Left to my own devices, I am an abstemious person, as innocent as a baby and jaw-droppingly naive.
- He took seriously his pledge made at the outset of the war that he would live a frugal and abstemious existence as long as the war lasted.
- The bill for our relatively abstemious meal worked out, with a tip, at nearly 40 leva a head.
- There is a trend for alcohol limits to become tighter - a trend more related to the increasing sobriety of the wider political climate than to the emergence of epidemiological evidence justifying a more abstemious policy.
- However, it was the abstemious Chartist family, the Cranstons, who really put the coffee houses' adversaries, the Glasgow tea rooms, on the map in the 1890s.
- When he sits down to celebrate his 40th birthday next Wednesday, this most abstemious of professionals can raise a glass to himself and genuinely declare he could not have done any more or any better.
- There is no evidence, however, that a single drinking bout in an otherwise abstemious person will lead to pancreatitis.
- I would follow the same abstemious regime, but unlike him I don't have an accommodating housekeeper.
- Robinson, famed for his Christian beliefs and his abstemious lifestyle, also found time to have lunch with his mother, who still lives in Leeds.
- Dalton was said to be abstemious but did indulge in a game of bowls on a Thursday.
- I considered a 48 hour fast, however decided that any gain that would be attained from this abstemious behaviour would be completely off-set by the onslaught of DT's that this effort would inevitably induce.
- Josiah Harlan was a pacifist, abstemious Pennsylvania Quaker stricken with a profound case of wanderlust.
Synonyms
temperate, abstinent, austere, moderate, self-disciplined, self-denying, restrained, self-restrained, non-indulgent, sober, ascetic, puritanical, spartan, strict, severe, self-abnegating, hair-shirt

Derivatives

abstemiously

adverb əbˈstiːmɪəsliəbˈstimiəsli

Sims abstemiously declined anything alcoholic but before she knew it ‘three Martinis were whizzing around my bloodstream’.
Example sentencesExamples
- We'd ordered a bottle of Tiefenbrunner Pinot Grigio 2001 for €21 from a range of interesting and well priced new and old world wines, which we managed to sip abstemiously for the entire meal.
- You see him sip abstemiously, after using the small reading glasses he keeps in his pocket to read the label.
- The Cardinal lived abstemiously in a top-floor apartment, worked on his memoirs and a history of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary.
- They subsist abstemiously upon wild herbs and fruits and roots and leaves of diverse kinds.

abstemiousness

noun əbˈstiːmɪəsnəsəbˈstimiəsnəs

That is not to suggest that I am a model of abstemiousness who has never made an idiot of himself after five too many.
Example sentencesExamples
- It turns out Fields was a huge admirer of hers, but their approaches to comedy, and life, were poles apart - Fields being a master of excess and West a paragon of abstemiousness.
- He does not seem to smoke or drink, although he has downplayed his abstemiousness since joining the drinks group.
- Jake made up for any parental abstemiousness though.
- We only had four bottles of wine - due to the wine service rather than any abstemiousness on our part.
Synonyms
temperance, abstinence, austerity, moderation, plain/simple living, self-discipline, self-denial, renunciation, restraint, self-restraint, self-deprivation, sobriety, asceticism, puritanism, severity, self-abnegation, continence

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin abstemius, (from ab- 'from' + a word related to temetum 'alcoholic drink') + -ous.

Definition of abstemious in US English:

abstemious

adjectiveəbˈstēmēəsəbˈstimiəs

Not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking.
“We only had a bottle.” “Very abstemious of you.”
Example sentencesExamples
- A close family member confirmed that she lived a fairly simple and abstemious life, and spent some years in a nursing home before her death in May 1998.
- There is a trend for alcohol limits to become tighter - a trend more related to the increasing sobriety of the wider political climate than to the emergence of epidemiological evidence justifying a more abstemious policy.
- I would follow the same abstemious regime, but unlike him I don't have an accommodating housekeeper.
- Taylor portrays Hitler as a sour, arrogant, abstemious spoilsport and friend to small animals.
- There is no evidence, however, that a single drinking bout in an otherwise abstemious person will lead to pancreatitis.
- Left to my own devices, I am an abstemious person, as innocent as a baby and jaw-droppingly naive.
- I considered a 48 hour fast, however decided that any gain that would be attained from this abstemious behaviour would be completely off-set by the onslaught of DT's that this effort would inevitably induce.
- The bill for our relatively abstemious meal worked out, with a tip, at nearly 40 leva a head.
- Judged alongside their abstemious Anglo-Saxon counterparts, they were seen as unruly, belligerent and not to be relied on, a slur that was extended to generations through media distortion and police discrimination.
- He took seriously his pledge made at the outset of the war that he would live a frugal and abstemious existence as long as the war lasted.
- Josiah Harlan was a pacifist, abstemious Pennsylvania Quaker stricken with a profound case of wanderlust.
- On the other hand, I have hardly seen any pals because they are down the pub, so my main support now is Phil, an abstemious, gay, Welsh dancer who seems quite pleased that I share one of his lifestyle choices.
- There's still the same warm smile and shock of black hair, and there's clearly something to be said for her abstemious lifestyle for she looks a decade younger than it says on her birth certificate.
- However, it was the abstemious Chartist family, the Cranstons, who really put the coffee houses' adversaries, the Glasgow tea rooms, on the map in the 1890s.
- In personality they were frugal, abstemious, shrewd, accumulative, and solitary.
- When he sits down to celebrate his 40th birthday next Wednesday, this most abstemious of professionals can raise a glass to himself and genuinely declare he could not have done any more or any better.
- New England in the 19th century was the apex of conformity: staid, stuffy and abstemious.
- Robinson, famed for his Christian beliefs and his abstemious lifestyle, also found time to have lunch with his mother, who still lives in Leeds.
- Both were abstemious by nature, but knew how to enjoy themselves and were interesting company.
- Dalton was said to be abstemious but did indulge in a game of bowls on a Thursday.
Synonyms
temperate, abstinent, austere, moderate, self-disciplined, self-denying, restrained, self-restrained, non-indulgent, sober, ascetic, puritanical, spartan, strict, severe, self-abnegating, hair-shirt

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin abstemius, (from ab- ‘from’ + a word related to temetum ‘alcoholic drink’) + -ous.

单词	abstemious
释义	Definition of abstemious in English: abstemious adjective əbˈstiːmɪəsəbˈstimiəs Indulging only very moderately in something, especially food and drink. ‘We only had a bottle.’ ‘Very abstemious of you.’ Example sentencesExamples A close family member confirmed that she lived a fairly simple and abstemious life, and spent some years in a nursing home before her death in May 1998. Judged alongside their abstemious Anglo-Saxon counterparts, they were seen as unruly, belligerent and not to be relied on, a slur that was extended to generations through media distortion and police discrimination. In personality they were frugal, abstemious, shrewd, accumulative, and solitary. Taylor portrays Hitler as a sour, arrogant, abstemious spoilsport and friend to small animals. There's still the same warm smile and shock of black hair, and there's clearly something to be said for her abstemious lifestyle for she looks a decade younger than it says on her birth certificate. Both were abstemious by nature, but knew how to enjoy themselves and were interesting company. New England in the 19th century was the apex of conformity: staid, stuffy and abstemious. On the other hand, I have hardly seen any pals because they are down the pub, so my main support now is Phil, an abstemious, gay, Welsh dancer who seems quite pleased that I share one of his lifestyle choices. Left to my own devices, I am an abstemious person, as innocent as a baby and jaw-droppingly naive. He took seriously his pledge made at the outset of the war that he would live a frugal and abstemious existence as long as the war lasted. The bill for our relatively abstemious meal worked out, with a tip, at nearly 40 leva a head. There is a trend for alcohol limits to become tighter - a trend more related to the increasing sobriety of the wider political climate than to the emergence of epidemiological evidence justifying a more abstemious policy. However, it was the abstemious Chartist family, the Cranstons, who really put the coffee houses' adversaries, the Glasgow tea rooms, on the map in the 1890s. When he sits down to celebrate his 40th birthday next Wednesday, this most abstemious of professionals can raise a glass to himself and genuinely declare he could not have done any more or any better. There is no evidence, however, that a single drinking bout in an otherwise abstemious person will lead to pancreatitis. I would follow the same abstemious regime, but unlike him I don't have an accommodating housekeeper. Robinson, famed for his Christian beliefs and his abstemious lifestyle, also found time to have lunch with his mother, who still lives in Leeds. Dalton was said to be abstemious but did indulge in a game of bowls on a Thursday. I considered a 48 hour fast, however decided that any gain that would be attained from this abstemious behaviour would be completely off-set by the onslaught of DT's that this effort would inevitably induce. Josiah Harlan was a pacifist, abstemious Pennsylvania Quaker stricken with a profound case of wanderlust. Synonyms temperate, abstinent, austere, moderate, self-disciplined, self-denying, restrained, self-restrained, non-indulgent, sober, ascetic, puritanical, spartan, strict, severe, self-abnegating, hair-shirt Derivatives abstemiously adverb əbˈstiːmɪəsliəbˈstimiəsli Sims abstemiously declined anything alcoholic but before she knew it ‘three Martinis were whizzing around my bloodstream’. Example sentencesExamples We'd ordered a bottle of Tiefenbrunner Pinot Grigio 2001 for €21 from a range of interesting and well priced new and old world wines, which we managed to sip abstemiously for the entire meal. You see him sip abstemiously, after using the small reading glasses he keeps in his pocket to read the label. The Cardinal lived abstemiously in a top-floor apartment, worked on his memoirs and a history of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. They subsist abstemiously upon wild herbs and fruits and roots and leaves of diverse kinds. abstemiousness noun əbˈstiːmɪəsnəsəbˈstimiəsnəs That is not to suggest that I am a model of abstemiousness who has never made an idiot of himself after five too many. Example sentencesExamples It turns out Fields was a huge admirer of hers, but their approaches to comedy, and life, were poles apart - Fields being a master of excess and West a paragon of abstemiousness. He does not seem to smoke or drink, although he has downplayed his abstemiousness since joining the drinks group. Jake made up for any parental abstemiousness though. We only had four bottles of wine - due to the wine service rather than any abstemiousness on our part. Synonyms temperance, abstinence, austerity, moderation, plain/simple living, self-discipline, self-denial, renunciation, restraint, self-restraint, self-deprivation, sobriety, asceticism, puritanism, severity, self-abnegation, continence Origin Early 17th century: from Latin abstemius, (from ab- 'from' + a word related to temetum 'alcoholic drink') + -ous. Definition of abstemious in US English: abstemious adjectiveəbˈstēmēəsəbˈstimiəs Not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking. “We only had a bottle.” “Very abstemious of you.” Example sentencesExamples A close family member confirmed that she lived a fairly simple and abstemious life, and spent some years in a nursing home before her death in May 1998. There is a trend for alcohol limits to become tighter - a trend more related to the increasing sobriety of the wider political climate than to the emergence of epidemiological evidence justifying a more abstemious policy. I would follow the same abstemious regime, but unlike him I don't have an accommodating housekeeper. Taylor portrays Hitler as a sour, arrogant, abstemious spoilsport and friend to small animals. There is no evidence, however, that a single drinking bout in an otherwise abstemious person will lead to pancreatitis. Left to my own devices, I am an abstemious person, as innocent as a baby and jaw-droppingly naive. I considered a 48 hour fast, however decided that any gain that would be attained from this abstemious behaviour would be completely off-set by the onslaught of DT's that this effort would inevitably induce. The bill for our relatively abstemious meal worked out, with a tip, at nearly 40 leva a head. Judged alongside their abstemious Anglo-Saxon counterparts, they were seen as unruly, belligerent and not to be relied on, a slur that was extended to generations through media distortion and police discrimination. He took seriously his pledge made at the outset of the war that he would live a frugal and abstemious existence as long as the war lasted. Josiah Harlan was a pacifist, abstemious Pennsylvania Quaker stricken with a profound case of wanderlust. On the other hand, I have hardly seen any pals because they are down the pub, so my main support now is Phil, an abstemious, gay, Welsh dancer who seems quite pleased that I share one of his lifestyle choices. There's still the same warm smile and shock of black hair, and there's clearly something to be said for her abstemious lifestyle for she looks a decade younger than it says on her birth certificate. However, it was the abstemious Chartist family, the Cranstons, who really put the coffee houses' adversaries, the Glasgow tea rooms, on the map in the 1890s. In personality they were frugal, abstemious, shrewd, accumulative, and solitary. When he sits down to celebrate his 40th birthday next Wednesday, this most abstemious of professionals can raise a glass to himself and genuinely declare he could not have done any more or any better. New England in the 19th century was the apex of conformity: staid, stuffy and abstemious. Robinson, famed for his Christian beliefs and his abstemious lifestyle, also found time to have lunch with his mother, who still lives in Leeds. Both were abstemious by nature, but knew how to enjoy themselves and were interesting company. Dalton was said to be abstemious but did indulge in a game of bowls on a Thursday. Synonyms temperate, abstinent, austere, moderate, self-disciplined, self-denying, restrained, self-restrained, non-indulgent, sober, ascetic, puritanical, spartan, strict, severe, self-abnegating, hair-shirt Origin Early 17th century: from Latin abstemius, (from ab- ‘from’ + a word related to temetum ‘alcoholic drink’) + -ous.
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