abstemious

/æbˈstiː.mɪ.əs/

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sıfat

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mustağni Ottoman Turkish

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

sıfat Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
“It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.”
sıfat Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
“The Ms had an abstemious sex life; in fourteen years of marriage, they had had sex exactly six times. Mrs. M desired sex and more children, but her husband refused.”
sıfat Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
sıfat Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
“an abstemious life”
sıfat Promotive of abstemiousness.
“But ſtranger Virtues yet in Streams we find, / Some change not only Bodies, but the Mind: / […] Clytorian Streams the love of Wine expel, / (Such is the virtue of th' abſtemious Well;) […]”

Eş anlamlılar

abstentious abstinent sober spareful temperate continent otherish selfless self-abnegatory self-denying self-flagellatory self-sacrificing unselfish calm collected composed cool dispassionate inexcitable imperturbable

Zıt anlamlılar

voracious hedonistic nonabstemious nonabstinent nontemperate unabstemious unsober extravagant

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