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Teetotal Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Teetotal has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

One who abstains from drinking alcohol.

Verb
1

practice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages

Adjective
1

practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages

"he's been dry for ten years"

"no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"

2

Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol.

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Origin

The word comes from the adjective total, where the repeated "tee" serves to emphasize the meaning. It first appeared in print in 1834.

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