Aranan: mustağni
abstemious
/æbˈstiː.mɪ.əs/Giriş yap, bu kelimeyi “Kelimelerim”e ekle.
Çeviriler
sıfat
- abstemious Ottoman Turkish
- contented Ottoman Turkish
- coquettish Ottoman Turkish
Tanımlar (İngilizce)
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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.”
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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.
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sıfat
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
“an abstemious life”
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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;) […]”