Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who practises or advocates nephalism, or total abstinence from intoxicating drink; a teetotaler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who advocates or practices nephalism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, Temperance movement One who practises
nephalism ; ateetotaller
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek νηφάλιος (nēphalios, "sober"), from νήφω (nēphō, "to be sober")
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