abstemious
1 synonym and 1 antonym for abstemious, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
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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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