Thursday, February 18, 2010

Abstemious





This word has all the vowels in it in alphabetical order.










Pronounced: ab-stee-mee-us

Definition: 1. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
2. Characterised by abstinence: an abstemious life.
3. Sparing: an abstemious diet.

Origin: 1615-25

Used in sentence: He maintains his weight on an abstemious diet.

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