Abstemious \Ab*ste"mi*ous\, a. [L. abstemius; ab, abs + root of
temetum intoxicating drink.]
1. Abstaining from wine. [Orig. Latin sense.]
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Under his special eye
Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. --Milton.
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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.
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Instances of longevity are chiefly among the
abstemious. --Arbuthnot.
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3. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an
abstemious diet. --Gibbon.
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4. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious
life. "One abstemious day." --Pope.
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5. Promotive of abstemiousness. [R.]
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Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "abstemious":
Apostolic, Encratic, Lenten, Pythagorean, Rechabite, Shaker,
Spartan, Stoic, abstentious, abstinent, ascetic, austere, celibate,
chaste, continent, dwarfed, dwarfish, exiguous, frugal, fruitarian,
impoverished, jejune, lean, limited, meager, mean, miserly, narrow,
nephalistic, niggardly, on the wagon, paltry, parsimonious, poor,
puny, scant, scanty, scrawny, scrimp, scrimpy, self-abnegating,
self-denying, sexually abstinent, skimp, skimpy, slender, slight,
slim, small, sober, spar, spare, sparing, starvation, stingy,
stinted, straitened, stunted, subsistence, sworn off, teetotal,
temperate, thin, unnourishing, unnutritious, vegetarian, watered,
watery
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
light(a)
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