meaning of abstemious
1. Abstaining from wine.
2. Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
3. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
4. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
5. Promotive of abstemiousness.
6. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy
Related Words
abstemious | abstemiously | abstemiousness |
