teetotaling

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tee•to•tal  (tē tōt′l, tē′tōt′l), adj., v.  -taled, -tal•ing  or (esp. Brit.) -talled, -tal•ling. 
adj. 

1. of or pertaining to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
2. Informal Terms absolute;
   complete.

v.i. 

3. to practice teetotalism.

tee•to′tal•ly, adv. 

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

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teetotal /tiːˈtəʊt^əl/ adj

1. of, relating to, or practising abstinence from alcoholic drink
2. dialect complete

Etymology: 19th Century: allegedly coined in 1833 by Richard Turner, English advocate of total abstinence from alcoholic liquors; probably from total, with emphatic reduplication

teeˈtotaller n teeˈtotalism n