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abstinent
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Word definitions for abstinent in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abstinent \Ab"sti*nent\, n. One who abstains. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French abstinent (earlier astenant ) "moderate, abstemious, modest," from Latin abstinentem (nominative abstinens ) "temperate, moderate," present participle of abstinere "to refrain from" (see abstain ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. (First attested around 1350 to 1470.) (R:SOED5: page=10) Etymology 2 n. 1 One who abstains; a faster. (First attested around 1350 to ...
Usage examples of abstinent.
We had discovered each other, Brody and I, making love anywhere and everywhere as though we had been abstinent for years.
They took away his Florsheims after 24 abstinent hours had passed and he started to perhaps D.