abstentious

adj
/æbˈstɛn.ʃəs/US

Etymology

From abstention + -ous.

  1. derived from abstinēō
  2. derived from abstēntiō
  3. borrowed from abstention
  4. suffixed as abstentious — “abstention + ous

Definitions

  1. Characterized by abstinence

    Characterized by abstinence; self-restraint.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for abstentious. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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