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.

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

teether, 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
dialect complete

Derived forms of teetotal

teetotaller, noun teetotally, adverb teetotalism, 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