Word of the Day for Friday, June 5, 2009
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abstemious \ab-STEE-mee-uhs\, adjective:
abstemious \ab-STEE-mee-uhs\, adjective:
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1. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; abstinent.
1. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; abstinent.
2. Sparingly used or consumed; used with temperance or moderation.
3. Marked by or spent in abstinence.
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The B.O. is hardly abstemious in his unquenchable quest to exponentially grow the size of the federal government!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Abstemious comes from Latin abstemius, from ab-, abs-, "away from" + the root of temetum, "intoxicating drink."
Abstemious comes from Latin abstemius, from ab-, abs-, "away from" + the root of temetum, "intoxicating drink."
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