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On the wagon
Answer for the clue "On the wagon ", 9 letters:
abstinent
Alternative clues for the word abstinent
- Not drinking
- Avoiding alcohol, having gone without can
- A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
- Not indulging appetite for food or drink
- Refraining from alcohol
- Not taking drink out — can found inside
- It's a bent to get drunk around first of November, taking part in Go Sober for October?
Word definitions for abstinent in dictionaries
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 ).
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Word definitions in WordNet
adj. self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious" [syn: abstentious ] n. a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages [syn: abstainer , nondrinker ] [ant: drinker ]
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.