Question

abstemious Her parents had left her two million dollars when they died, having been so abstemious for years that their neighbors all assumed they were poor. abstemious*

Accepted Answer

Restrained, especially in the consumption of food or alcohol. Many 14th-century monks lived by the Rule of St. Benedict, which demands an abstemious life of obedience and poverty. But not all monks could maintain such abstemious habits. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales contains a portrait of a fat monk who is supposed to follow a vegetarian diet but instead is an enthusiastic hunter who loves a juicy swan best. He justifies breaking the Rule by saying that it's old-fashioned and that he's just keeping up with modern times. Abstemious itself has a slightly old-fashioned sound today, especially in a country where everyone is constantly encouraged to consume

word	abstemious
definition	Restrained, especially in the consumption of food or alcohol.
eg_sentence	Her parents had left her two million dollars when they died, having been so abstemious for years that their neighbors all assumed they were poor.
explanation	Many 14th-century monks lived by the Rule of St. Benedict, which demands an abstemious life of obedience and poverty. But not all monks could maintain such abstemious habits. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales contains a portrait of a fat monk who is supposed to follow a vegetarian diet but instead is an enthusiastic hunter who loves a juicy swan best. He justifies breaking the Rule by saying that it's old-fashioned and that he's just keeping up with modern times. Abstemious itself has a slightly old-fashioned sound today, especially in a country where everyone is constantly encouraged to consume
IPA	abstemious*

Abstemious Monks Rule Old Fashioned Restrained Consumption Food Alcohol