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teetotal

[ tee-toht-l, tee-toht-l ]
/ tiˈtoʊt l, ˈtiˌtoʊt l /

adjective

of or relating to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
Informal. absolute; complete.

verb (used without object), tee·to·taled, tee·to·tal·ing or (especially British) tee·to·talled, tee·to·tal·ling.

to practice teetotalism.

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Origin of teetotal

reduplicated variant of total, coined by R. Turner, of Preston, England, in 1833, in a speech advocating total abstinence from alcoholic drinks

OTHER WORDS FROM teetotal

tee·to·tal·ly, adverb

Words nearby teetotal

teeth grinding, teething, teething ring, teething troubles, teethridge, teetotal, teetotaler, teetotalism, teetotum, teevee, tef
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British Dictionary definitions for teetotal

teetotal
/ (tiːˈtəʊtəl) /

adjective

of, relating to, or practising abstinence from alcoholic drink
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Derived forms of teetotal

teetotaller, nounteetotally, adverbteetotalism, noun

Word Origin for teetotal

C19: allegedly coined in 1833 by Richard Turner, English advocate of total abstinence from alcoholic liquors; probably from total, with emphatic reduplication
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