10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
adjective sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; - John Galsworthy
adjective marked by temperance in indulgence
originFrom 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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