ab·ste·mi·ous (
b-st
m-
s, b-)
adj.
1. Eating and drinking in moderation.
2.
a. Sparingly used or consumed: abstemious meals.
b. Restricted to bare necessities: an abstemious way of life.
Friday, June 01, 2007
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No matter how abstemious of a diet she keeps, Jana never seems to get below a size 14.
Partake as doth the Bee,
Abstemiously.
The Rose is an Estate--
In Sicily.
--Emily Dickinson
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