absteen
Scots
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English absteynen, absteinen, abstenen, from Old French astenir, abstenir, from Latin abstineō (“to hold oneself back”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editabsteen
- (Northern Scots) to abstain
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editnouns
References
edit- “absteen, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “absteen”, in The Online Scots Dictionary[1]