abstemious

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

enthaltsam

abstinent

mäßig

Abstinenzler

frugal

Gegenteil von

extravagant, squandering, frugal, stingy

Synonyme

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

Übersetzungen

abstemio

sober

abstemi

sobre

astinente

matig

tempérant

astemio

sobrio

moderato

nuchter

bezadigd

frugale

frugal

sobrio

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/æbˈstiː.mɪ.əs/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.