abstemious C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /æbˈstimiəs/ UK /æbˈstiːmiəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj sparing or moderate in eating and drinking His abstemious habits kept him fit well into old age. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · sparing or moderate in... temperatemoderateabstinentsoberausterefrugalself-denying ↔ Opposites gluttonousintemperateindulgentimmoderategreedy Word family Forms abstemiousness Derived forms abstemiouslyabstemiousness Related forms abstainabstinence Etymology AI details From Latin abstēmius ('abstaining from wine'), from abs- ('away from') + tēmum (an old word related to tēmētum, 'intoxicating drink'). abstēmius Latin tēmētum Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # abstemious **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /æbˈstimiəs/ **IPA (UK):** /æbˈstiːmiəs/ ## Meanings 1. sparing or moderate in eating and drinking ## Examples - His abstemious habits kept him fit well into old age. ## Synonyms - temperate - moderate - abstinent - sober - austere - frugal - self-denying ## Antonyms - gluttonous - intemperate - indulgent - immoderate - greedy ## Derived Forms - abstemiously - abstemiousness ## Related Forms - abstain - abstinence ## Roots and Affixes - Root: abstēmius - Root: tēmētum ## Etymology From Latin abstēmius ('abstaining from wine'), from abs- ('away from') + tēmum (an old word related to tēmētum, 'intoxicating drink'). ## AI Etymology Abstemious comes from Latin abstēmius ('abstaining from wine'), from abs- ('away from') + tēmum (an old word related to tēmētum, 'intoxicating drink'). The historical trail runs through Latin abstēmius and Latin tēmētum. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means sparing or moderate in eating and drinking. Derived formations include abstemiously, abstemiousness; related forms include abstain, abstinence. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown