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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesमदिरात्यागी
Pronunciation / Transliteration: madiratyagi
"वह एक पक्का मदिरात्यागी है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A person who never drinks alcohol.
"As a lifelong teetotaler, he always orders sparkling water at social gatherings."
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Practicing or advocating absolute abstinence from alcoholic drinks.
"The community maintained a strictly teetotaler lifestyle for religious reasons."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating in early 19th-century England (around 1830), the term is a reduplication of the letter 't' for 'total', emphasizing total abstinence from alcohol. Attributed to a pledge advocated by Richard Turner of Preston, a working-class temperance reformer who stuttered and emphasized the 't-t-total' abstinence.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Teetotaler" is said worldwide
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totalitaire
Transliteration: totali-tɛʁ
"Il est un abstinent total depuis des années."
A Abstinenzler
Transliteration: ˈapstɪnɛntslɐ
Script: Abstinenzler
"Als überzeugter Abstinenzler trinkt er keinen Tropfen Alkohol."
astemio
Transliteration: aˈstɛmjo
"Mio zio è un astemio convinto."
abstemio
Transliteration: absˈtemjo
"Ella es abstemia y prefiere jugos naturales."
abstémio
Transliteration: absˈtɛmju
"Ele é abstémio e nunca consome bebidas alcoólicas."
मदिरात्यागी
Transliteration: madiratyagi
"वह एक पक्का मदिरात्यागी है।"
绝对禁酒者
Transliteration: juéduì jìnjiǔzhě
"他是一个绝对禁酒者，从不喝酒。"
절주자
Transliteration: jeoljuja
"그는 철저한 절주자이다."
絶対禁酒主義者
Transliteration: zettai kinshu shugisha
"彼は完全な絶対禁酒主義者です。"
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