Abstemious

Ab`ste´mi`ous

a.	1.	Abstaining from wine. Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. - Milton.
	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. Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. - Arbuthnot.
	3.	Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
	4.	Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
	5.	Promotive of abstemiousness. Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. - Dryden.

Adj.	1.	abstemious - sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy Antonyms: gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"
	2.	abstemious - marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious meals"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper" Synonyms: light