teetotal
adj/ˌtiːˈtəʊtəl/
Etymology
From total, the reduplicated tee acts as an intensifier, hence T-total. First use appears in 1834.
Definitions
Abstinent from alcohol
Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol.
- There is absolutely a teetotal society here in the heart of the mountains, and some quarrelsome drunkards have become reformed!
Opposed to the drinking of alcohol.
Total.
- That's a teetotal lie.
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One who abstains from drinking alcohol.
- Hubert is trying to persuade James, a strict Presbyterian and teetotal, to come into the pub.
To advocate or practice the total abstinence from alcohol.
The neighborhood
- neighborabstain
- neighbortemperance
Derived
teetotaler, teetotalism, teetotaller, teetotalling, teetotally
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for teetotal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA