прилагательное · редкое

abstemious

abs·te·mi·ous

abstemious · more abstemious · most abstemious

скромный, умеренный, бережливый, воздержанный

прохолодний

enthaltsam

Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drinkRefraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.

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UK/æbˈstiː.mɪ.əs/US/æbˈsti.mi.əs/

» The professor was famous for his abstemious meals.

Значение

значений: 5

Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
enthaltsam
возде́ржанныйvozdéržannyj, уме́ренныйumérennyj, скро́мныйskrómnyj
sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
marked by temperance in indulgence
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
бережли́выйberežlívyj
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
an abstemious life
(редкое)Promotive of abstemiousness.

Примеры

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The professor was famous for his abstemious meals.
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His abstemious habits gave him a skeletal appearance.
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His diet was abstemious.
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Переводы

языков: 5

Русский

По значениям 2

refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink:

sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation:

Deutsch

По значениям 1

refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink:

Происхождение

From Latin abstēmius (“abstaining from wine”); from ab, abs (“from”) + tēmus, a root of tē

From Latin abstēmius (“abstaining from wine”); from ab, abs (“from”) + tēmus, a root of tēmētum (“intoxicating drink, especially strong mead or wine”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark (referring to the colour of wine)”)) + -ous.

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