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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abstemious \Ab*ste"mi*ous\, a. [L. abstemius ab abs + root of temetum intoxicating drink.] 1. Abstaining from wine. [Orig. Latin sense.] Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. --Milton. 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. Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. --Arbuthnot. 3. Sparingly used used with temperance or moderation; as an abstemious diet. --Gibbon. 4. Marked by or spent in abstinence; as an abstemious life. ``One abstemious day.'' --Pope. 5. Promotive of abstemiousness. [R.] Such is the virtue of the abstemious well --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: abstemious adj 1: sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy [ant: {gluttonous}] 2: marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious meals"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper" [syn: {light(a)}]
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