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tetotal

tetotal is the archaic form of teetotal.

Meaning of teetotal

Adjective

teetotal (comparative more teetotal, superlative most teetotal)

  1. Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol.
    • There is absolutely a teetotal society here in the heart of the mountains, and some quarrelsome drunkards have become reformed![1846], Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (contributor), Jamaica, Enslaved and Free, →OCLC, page 88
  2. Opposed to the drinking of alcohol.
  3. Containing no alcohol.
  4. (dated, emphatic) Total.
    • That's a teetotal lie.1858, Samuel Putnam Avery, The Harp of a Thousand Strings: Or, Laughter for a Lifetime, page 331

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Forms of tetotal

comparativemore tetotal
superlativemost tetotal

Questions about tetotal

What is tetotal the archaic form of?
Tetotal is the archaic form of teetotal.

Words near tetotal in the dictionary

  1. Teton County
  2. Teton Range
  3. Teton Village
  4. Tetons
  5. Tetoora Road
  6. tetotal
  7. tetotaler
  8. tetotalers
  9. tetotum
  10. tetotums
  11. Tetouan

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