teetotal
Syllabification: (tee·to·tal)
Pronunciation: /ˈtēˌtōtl/
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Definition of teetotal
adjective
Derivatives
Pronunciation: /-ˌizəm/
noun
Origin:
mid 19th century: emphatic extension of total, apparently first used by Richard Turner, a worker from Preston, England, in a speech (1833) urging total abstinence from all alcohol, rather than mere abstinence from spirits, advocated by some early temperance reformers