abstemious

Oznaczający (Angielski)

  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.

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abstynent

Przeciwieństwo
extravagant, squandering, frugal, stingy
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/æbˈstiː.mɪ.əs/
Etymologia (Angielski)

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.

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