abstemious

abstemious has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• a.. Abstaining from wine.
• a.. Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
• a.. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
• a.. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
• a.. Promotive of abstemiousness.
• a.. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy
• a.. marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"