abstentious

2 definitions found

abstentious - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Abstentious \Ab*sten"tious\, a.
     Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. --Farrar.
     [1913 Webster]

abstentious - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  abstentious
      adj 1: self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially
             for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious"
             [syn: abstinent, abstentious]