abstemious

Significat (Anglès)

1. Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
2. Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
3. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
4. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
5. (rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.

Conceptes

abstemi

abstinent

moderat

Oposat a

extravagant, squandering, frugal, stingy

Sinònims

temperate

abstinent

moderate

light

abstentious

sober

passable

reasonable

self-contained

self-restrained

sparing

staid

teetotaller

thrifty

tolerable

self-controlled

eating little

pi ous

self-restraining

ascetic

buttoned-up

devout

economical

modest

Traduccions

abstemio

sober

enthaltsam

sobre

matig

astinente

sobrio

moderato

tempérant

astemio

bezadigd

frugale

frugal

abstinent

mäßig

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/æbˈstiː.mɪ.əs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Latin abstēmius (“abstaining from wine”); from ab, abs (“from”) + tēmus, a root of tēmētum (“intoxicating drink, especially strong mead or wine”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark (referring to the colour of wine)”)) + -ous.