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Word of the Day: Abstemious
What does abstemious mean?
- adjective — marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol; also, reflecting such restraint
Abstemious in a sentence
being abstemious diners, they avoid restaurants with all-you-can-eat buffets
Synonyms of abstemious
Antonyms of abstemious
Origin of abstemious
borrowed from Latin abstēmius "refraining from wine, careful with one's means," from abs- (variant of ab- ab- before c- and t-) + -tēmius, from a base tēm- "intoxicating" (also in tēmētum "intoxicating beverage," tēmulentus "drunken"); if going back to an Indo-European root *temH-, akin to Sanskrit tāmyati "(he/she) is stunned, loses consciousness, is exhausted," tamayati "(he/she) chokes (someone)," Armenian tʿmrim "(he/she) is stunned" (perhaps going back to *tēmiro-)
First known use: 1609
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What is the SophDict Word of the Day for October 31, 2026?
The Word of the Day for October 31, 2026 is "abstemious", which means marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol; also, reflecting such restraint.
What does "abstemious" mean?
Abstemious (adjective) means marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol; also, reflecting such restraint. Similar words: abstentious, abstinent, continent, self-abnegating, self-denying.
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