Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The principles or practice of those who abstain from spirituous liquors; total abstinence; teetotalism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Total abstinence from spirituous liquor.
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- noun obsolete, Temperance movement The practice of
abstaining completely from the drinking ofalcohol ;teetotalism
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek νηφάλιος (nēphalios, "sober"), from νήφω (nēphō, "to be sober")
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pavonine commented on the word nephalism
Total abstinence from spirituous liquor.
November 23, 2007