abstemious
1) Abstaining from wine.
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.
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.
This popped up on my Word of the Day and, just like a particular song can instantly take you to a moment in your past (or, just like a package of Bottle Caps candy in the TA Office yesterday transported me to the low-lit atmosphere of Skate Country, throbbing pop music and the faint smell of early teenage pheromones mixed with foot sweat), I attach words to people. Abstemious is Emily to me. Only for the primary definition: abstaining from wine.
As in:
Emily, I dare you to be abstemious.
Or, Sis, the lavender sheen to your teeth and the way your eyes lock a couple seconds too long on mine when I talk to you are dead give-aways that you haven't been abstemious.
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