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Meaning of ABSTENTIOUS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious"
 
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 Synonyms: abstemious, abstinent
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ab*sten"tious\, a.
Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. --Farrar.
 

 

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