teetotal
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English
Etymology
From total,[1] the reduplicated tee being an intensifier – “T-total”, 1830s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiːˈtəʊtəl/
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Adjective
teetotal (comparative more teetotal, superlative most teetotal)
- Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol.
- Synonyms: on the wagon, straightedge
- Opposed to the drinking of alcohol.
- (dated, emphatic) Total.
- 1858, Samuel Putnam Avery, The Harp of a Thousand Strings: Or, Laughter for a Lifetime, page 331:
- That's a teetotal lie.
Derived terms
terms derived from teetotal
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abstinent from alcohol
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opposed to the drinking of alcohol
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Noun
teetotal (plural teetotals)
- One who abstains from drinking alcohol.
- Synonyms: teetotaler, pioneer
- Antonyms: alcoholic, dipsomaniac, drunkard
- 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 12, in Small Island, London: Review, page 137:
- Hubert is trying to persuade James, a strict Presbyterian and teetotal, to come into the pub.
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