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Tuesday, May 8, 2007

"ABSTINENT"













ABSTINENT

(Adjective)
Meaning:

  • Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate
  • Voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation. (see image though the person not doing it voluntarily ...the doctor have the key to keep him abstinent from sex...)



Root : Middle English, from Old French abstenance, from Latin abstinentia, from abstinns, abstinent-, present participle of abstinre, to hold back;

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

what is this *your dictionary* thingie ?
Please remove it it's so painful for eyes,
BTW great blog keep rocking !!