abstemious

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

sobre

tempérant

frugal

abstinent

modéré

léger

lumière

abstème

ascétique

austère

Opposé de

extravagant, squandering, frugal, stingy

Synonymes

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

Traductions

abstemio

sober

astinente

enthaltsam

abstemi

matig

astemio

moderato

sobrio

abstinent

nuchter

mäßig

bezadigd

frugale

sobrio

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/æbˈstiː.mɪ.əs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.