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单词 nephalism
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nephalismn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νηϕαλισμός.
Etymology: < Byzantine Greek νηϕαλισμός (Suidas) < ancient Greek νηϕάλιος (of drink) unmixed with wine, in Hellenistic Greek also (of a person) sober (related to νήϕων sober, νήϕειν to be sober) + -ισμός -ism suffix. Compare French néphalisme, néphaliste (both 1873 or earlier). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (nī·făliz'm) /ˈniːfəlɪz(ə)m/.
Obsolete.
Total abstinence from alcoholic beverages; teetotalism.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > total abstinence
total abstinence1831
teetotalism1834
Rechabitism1841
Good Templarism1859
nephalism1860
blue-ribbonism1867
total abstention1880
temperance1887
Templarism1888
1860 Proc. & Deb. Gen. Assembly Free Church Sc. 228 This nephalism, as we are beginning to call it, or Christian abstinence from all strong drink, may be defended..on grounds Scriptural.
1861 J. Miller (title) Nephalism, the true temperance of scripture, science, and experience.
1889 Lancet 6 Apr. 702 Some figures had been extracted from a report on Intemperance.., and had been misunderstood as implying that nephalism was more fatal than tippling.

Derivatives

nephalist n. a teetotaller.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > total abstinence > total abstainer
water-drinker1440
abstainerc1475
Rechabite1637
drink-watera1641
hydropotist1678
hydropot1727
teetotal1834
teetotaller1834
teetotalist1840
Washingtonian1842
Good Templar1853
teetotalleress1854
blue-ribbonist1858
nephalist1861
total abstainer1862
blue-ribbonite1867
totec1870
Templar1874
blue ribboner1878
total abstinent1882
water butt1882
white ribboner1886
non-drinker1910
pioneer1912
T.T.1922
1861 J. Miller Nephalism 16 The Nephalist..possesses a comparative immunity from contagious diseases.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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