abstemious
adjective
1 abstemious
Sparing in consumption of especially food and drink.
Roget 953: temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing; abstemious, abstinent; within compass; measured etc. (sufficient) 639. on the wagon, on the water wagon. ... show more
2 abstemious
Marked by temperance in indulgence:
— Abstemious with the use of adverbs.
synonym: light.
Moby thesaurus: Apostolic, Encratic, Lenten, Pythagorean, Rechabite, Shaker, Spartan, Stoic, abstentious, abstinent, ascetic, austere, celibate, chaste, continent, dwarfed, dwarfish, exiguous, frugal, fruitarian ... show more.
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