abstemiousness

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /æbˈsti.mi.əs.nəs/|/əbˈsti.mi.əs.nəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks. uncountable
    — He was temperate in his meals and diversions, but always kept a little on this side of abstemiousness. Only in the use of the Indian weed he might be thought a little excessive.

词源

Etymology tree
English abstemious
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English abstemiousness
From abstemious + -ness.
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