abstemious

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

εγκρατής

λιτοδίαιτος

Απέναντι από

extravagant, squandering, frugal, stingy

Συνώνυμα

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

Μεταφράσεις

abstemio

sober

enthaltsam

abstemi

matig

sobre

astinente

sobrio

moderato

astemio

tempérant

abstinent

frugale

bezadigd

mäßig

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/æbˈstiː.mɪ.əs/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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.