[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

abstemious \abste"mious\, a. l. abstemius; ab, abs + root of
   temetum intoxicating drink.
   1. abstaining from wine. orig. latin sense.
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            under his special eye
            abstemious i grew up and thrived amain. --milton.
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   2. sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and
      strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the
      indulgence of the appetite or passions.
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            instances of longevity are chiefly among the
            abstemious.                           --arbuthnot.
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   3. sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an
      abstemious diet. --gibbon.
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   4. marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious
      life. "one abstemious day." --pope.
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   5. promotive of abstemiousness. r.
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            such is the virtue of the abstemious well. --dryden.
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[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

abstemious
     adj 1: sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the
            pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to
            one naturally abstemious"- john galsworthy ant: gluttonous
     2: marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious meals"; "a
        light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper" syn:
         lighta
see also:
gluttonous lighta 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

68 moby thesaurus words for "abstemious":
   apostolic, encratic, lenten, pythagorean, rechabite, shaker,
   spartan, stoic, abstentious, abstinent, ascetic, austere, celibate,
   chaste, continent, dwarfed, dwarfish, exiguous, frugal, fruitarian,
   impoverished, jejune, lean, limited, meager, mean, miserly, narrow,
   nephalistic, niggardly, on the wagon, paltry, parsimonious, poor,
   puny, scant, scanty, scrawny, scrimp, scrimpy, self-abnegating,
   self-denying, sexually abstinent, skimp, skimpy, slender, slight,
   slim, small, sober, spar, spare, sparing, starvation, stingy,
   stinted, straitened, stunted, subsistence, sworn off, teetotal,
   temperate, thin, unnourishing, unnutritious, vegetarian, watered,
   watery

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