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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink;
- Example: "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy

2. marked by temperance in indulgence;
- Example: "abstemious with the use of adverbs"
- Example: "a light eater"
- Example: "a light smoker"
- Example: "ate a light supper"
[syn: abstemious, light(a)]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abstemious \Ab*ste"mi*ous\, a. [L. abstemius; ab, abs + root of temetum intoxicating drink.] 1. Abstaining from wine. [Orig. Latin sense.] [1913 Webster] Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. [1913 Webster] Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 3. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster] 4. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life. "One abstemious day." --Pope. [1913 Webster] 5. Promotive of abstemiousness. [R.] [1913 Webster] Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abstemious adj 1: sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy [ant: gluttonous] 2: marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper" [syn: abstemious, light(a)]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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