abstemiousadj.

Brit.

/əbˈstiːmɪəs/, U.S.

/æbˈstimiəs/,

/əbˈstimiəs/

Forms:

α. 1600s– abstemious.

β. 1600s absteinous, 1600s–1700s abstenious.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin abstēmius , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin abstēmius refraining from wine, abstaining, self-restrained, careful with money, saving ( < abs away from (see ab- prefix) + the stem of tēmētum intoxicating liquor (see temulent adj.) + -ius, suffix forming adjectives) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French abstème refraining from wine (1596).The β. forms show remodelling by association with abstain v.

a. Of a person: moderate, not self-indulgent, esp. in eating and drinking. Of a life, habit, etc.: characterized by such moderation. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [adjective] > simple life > abstemious

spare1563

spareful1565

spary1601

abstemious1603

mortified1665

1603 G. Downame Treat. conc. Antichrist iv. 51 They speake in Hypocrisie (saith he) who, being..so abstemious as that they iudge those who vse the creature sparingly, whereas themselues are giuen ouer to belly cheere.

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον v. 226 To this absteinous life shee added the strict vow of chastitie.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xix. 328 Let me pay To Grief and Anguish one abstemious Day.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1763 I. 255 Johnson, though he could be rigidly abstemious, was not a temperate man either in eating or drinking.

1832 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 26 Mother and father were assiduous, abstemious, frugal without stinginess.

1878 W. Black Green Pastures xxix. 234 They were remarkably abstemious at breakfast.

1921 J. Galsworthy To Let 6 Thanks to abstemious habits, he had not grown fat and flabby.

1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential iii. xxviii. 333 Margaret..doesn't drink. But some of her artistic friends in New York are not so abstemious.

1980 Time 10 Mar. 7 Heavy jet-fuel drinkers like the Boeing 707 are being phased out in favor of more abstemious planes.

2002 P. Dillon Gin (2003) i. 13 William of Orange had usually been thought an abstemious man, at least by the standards of the age.

b. Of food, a meal, etc.: spare, plain, modest.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > [adjective] > qualities of meals

substantial1340

simplea1387

dry1483

of substance?c1500

large1528

hearty?1550

abstemious1604

scrambling1607

running1618

lusty1672

sit-down1789

well-served1796

à la carte1816

slap-up1823

quaresimal1828

scratch1851

square1868

scrambly1900

set1914

handout1915

all-you-can-eat1940

spready1960

carbo-load1986

1604 G. Downame Christians Sanctuarie i. 3 The morall or chast fast is that whereby men or women finding the sober and abstemious diet not sufficient to represse the concupiscence of the flesh, doe endeuour to subdue and chastise their bodies.

1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 124 The Sect of the Esseans, among the Iewes..used a single, or Abstemious Diet.

1764 ‘C. Morell’ Tales Genii I. ii. 93 Sanballad spread some Roots on the Turf,..and the Dervise and his Scholar made their single and abstemious Meal.

1787 B. Bell Syst. Surg. V. v. §2. 331 The indiscriminate use of blood-letting, and an abstemious regimen,..appears to be too rigidly adhered to.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall XI. lviii. 3 His [sc. Peter the Hermit's] diet was abstemious, his prayers long and fervent.

1825 W. Scott Talisman ii, in Tales Crusaders III. 33 The meal of the Saracen was abstemious.

1893 Therapeutic Gaz. 15 Nov. 746/1 Loss in weight seemed evidently largely due to the extremely abstemious diet taken.

1920 R. W. Lane Making of Herbert Hoover iii. 130 His abstemious meal finished, he slid back from the table.

1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Sept. 41/2 Fatty hobgoblins that could easily sabotage a seemingly abstemious salad.

2004 K. Bendiner Food in Painting iii. 129 An astonishingly barren yet beautiful work of an abstemious meal.

2. In extended use. Displaying or characterized by restraint or abstinence.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 53 Be more abstemious [printed abstenious; corrected in 1632], Or else good night your vow.

1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour ii. ii. sig. E The King..Is good and gracious..Abstemious from base and goatish loosenesse.

1648 N. Ward To Parl. at Westm. 17 You would..be very abstemious in receiving the suggestions.

1735 J. Moore Columbarium 33 Would Mankind be alike abstemious, their Progeny might be more compleat both in Body and Mind.

1764 Anecd. Polite Lit. II. ii. 77 They who commend him for his elegance, pay him such a sort of compliment by their abstemious praise, as they would pay to Lucretia, if they should commend her only for her beauty.

1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Mar. 282/2 You advised an abstemious introduction of literary topics.

1894 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Real Charlotte II. xxii. 115 The steam-whistle, an instrument employed by all true steam-launchers in the most abstemious way.

1921 Fortn. Rev. 1 Oct. 640 He was abstemious in words.

1989 G. Steiner Real Presences iii. i. 143 The ‘purest’ work of art, the most abstemious from conceivable empirical instruction or appliance, is..a sharply political gesture.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abstemious
释义	abstemiousadj. Brit. /əbˈstiːmɪəs/, U.S. /æbˈstimiəs/, /əbˈstimiəs/ Forms: α. 1600s– abstemious. β. 1600s absteinous, 1600s–1700s abstenious. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin abstēmius , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin abstēmius refraining from wine, abstaining, self-restrained, careful with money, saving ( < abs away from (see ab- prefix) + the stem of tēmētum intoxicating liquor (see temulent adj.) + -ius, suffix forming adjectives) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French abstème refraining from wine (1596).The β. forms show remodelling by association with abstain v. 1. a. Of a person: moderate, not self-indulgent, esp. in eating and drinking. Of a life, habit, etc.: characterized by such moderation. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [adjective] > simple life > abstemious spare1563 spareful1565 spary1601 abstemious1603 mortified1665 1603 G. Downame Treat. conc. Antichrist iv. 51 They speake in Hypocrisie (saith he) who, being..so abstemious as that they iudge those who vse the creature sparingly, whereas themselues are giuen ouer to belly cheere. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον v. 226 To this absteinous life shee added the strict vow of chastitie. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xix. 328 Let me pay To Grief and Anguish one abstemious Day. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1763 I. 255 Johnson, though he could be rigidly abstemious, was not a temperate man either in eating or drinking. 1832 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 26 Mother and father were assiduous, abstemious, frugal without stinginess. 1878 W. Black Green Pastures xxix. 234 They were remarkably abstemious at breakfast. 1921 J. Galsworthy To Let 6 Thanks to abstemious habits, he had not grown fat and flabby. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential iii. xxviii. 333 Margaret..doesn't drink. But some of her artistic friends in New York are not so abstemious. 1980 Time 10 Mar. 7 Heavy jet-fuel drinkers like the Boeing 707 are being phased out in favor of more abstemious planes. 2002 P. Dillon Gin (2003) i. 13 William of Orange had usually been thought an abstemious man, at least by the standards of the age. b. Of food, a meal, etc.: spare, plain, modest. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [adjective] > qualities of meals substantial1340 simplea1387 dry1483 of substance?c1500 large1528 hearty?1550 abstemious1604 scrambling1607 running1618 lusty1672 sit-down1789 well-served1796 à la carte1816 slap-up1823 quaresimal1828 scratch1851 square1868 scrambly1900 set1914 handout1915 all-you-can-eat1940 spready1960 carbo-load1986 1604 G. Downame Christians Sanctuarie i. 3 The morall or chast fast is that whereby men or women finding the sober and abstemious diet not sufficient to represse the concupiscence of the flesh, doe endeuour to subdue and chastise their bodies. 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 124 The Sect of the Esseans, among the Iewes..used a single, or Abstemious Diet. 1764 ‘C. Morell’ Tales Genii I. ii. 93 Sanballad spread some Roots on the Turf,..and the Dervise and his Scholar made their single and abstemious Meal. 1787 B. Bell Syst. Surg. V. v. §2. 331 The indiscriminate use of blood-letting, and an abstemious regimen,..appears to be too rigidly adhered to. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall XI. lviii. 3 His [sc. Peter the Hermit's] diet was abstemious, his prayers long and fervent. 1825 W. Scott Talisman ii, in Tales Crusaders III. 33 The meal of the Saracen was abstemious. 1893 Therapeutic Gaz. 15 Nov. 746/1 Loss in weight seemed evidently largely due to the extremely abstemious diet taken. 1920 R. W. Lane Making of Herbert Hoover iii. 130 His abstemious meal finished, he slid back from the table. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Sept. 41/2 Fatty hobgoblins that could easily sabotage a seemingly abstemious salad. 2004 K. Bendiner Food in Painting iii. 129 An astonishingly barren yet beautiful work of an abstemious meal. 2. In extended use. Displaying or characterized by restraint or abstinence. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 53 Be more abstemious [printed abstenious; corrected in 1632], Or else good night your vow. View more context for this quotation 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour ii. ii. sig. E The King..Is good and gracious..Abstemious from base and goatish loosenesse. 1648 N. Ward To Parl. at Westm. 17 You would..be very abstemious in receiving the suggestions. 1735 J. Moore Columbarium 33 Would Mankind be alike abstemious, their Progeny might be more compleat both in Body and Mind. 1764 Anecd. Polite Lit. II. ii. 77 They who commend him for his elegance, pay him such a sort of compliment by their abstemious praise, as they would pay to Lucretia, if they should commend her only for her beauty. 1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Mar. 282/2 You advised an abstemious introduction of literary topics. 1894 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Real Charlotte II. xxii. 115 The steam-whistle, an instrument employed by all true steam-launchers in the most abstemious way. 1921 Fortn. Rev. 1 Oct. 640 He was abstemious in words. 1989 G. Steiner Real Presences iii. i. 143 The ‘purest’ work of art, the most abstemious from conceivable empirical instruction or appliance, is..a sharply political gesture. 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