of, relating to, or practising abstinence from alcoholic drink
2. dialect
complete
Derived forms
teetotaller (teeˈtotaller) or teetotalist (teeˈtotalist)
noun
teetotally (teeˈtotally)
adverb
teetotalism (teeˈtotalism)
noun
Word origin
C19: allegedly coined in 1833 by Richard Turner, English advocate of total abstinencefrom alcoholic liquors; probably from total, with emphatic reduplication