Значення

значень: 5
  1. 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

  2. Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.

    marked by temperance in indulgence

  3. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.

    бережли́выйberežlívyj

  4. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.

    an abstemious life

  5. (рідковживане)Promotive of abstemiousness.

Приклади

речень: 3
  1. The professor was famous for his abstemious meals.

  2. His abstemious habits gave him a skeletal appearance.

  3. His diet was abstemious.

Русский
За значеннями 2
refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink:
sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation:
Deutsch
За значеннями 1
refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink:

Походження

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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