Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abstentious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abstentious \Ab*sten"tious\, a.
Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. --Farrar.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abstentious
adj : self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for
food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious"
[syn: {abstinent}]
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