Teetotal Definition

tētōtl
adjective
Of, relating to, or practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages.
American Heritage
Entire; complete.
Webster's New World
Of or advocating teetotalism.
Webster's New World
Total; absolute.
American Heritage

Abstinent from alcohol, never drinking alcohol.

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Origin of Teetotal

  • Probably partly tee (pronunciation of the first letter in total) total (abstinence), and partly reduplication of total

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 1830s, from total, the reduplicated tee being an intensifier - “T-total".

    From Wiktionary

Teetotal Sentence Examples

  • Strictly teetotal, Peter doesn't need drink to get him going.

  • Not particularly clubbable (he was almost teetotal ), he was none the less a very popular local MP.

  • And it would be such a waste if they were to win, since Steve in any case has become virtually teetotal.

  • In their enthusiasm to have the working classes go teetotal, tea was regularly offered at temperance meetings as a substitute for alcohol.

  • He was the man to whom the boys went when they wanted " to sign teetotal " .

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Words Starting With

TTETEE

Words Ending With

LALTAL

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