[ˌtiːˈtəʊtl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- choosing or characterized by abstinence from alcohol
(e.g: a teetotal lifestyle)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: emphatic extension of total, apparently first used by Richard Turner, a worker from Preston, in a speech (1833) urging total abstinence from all alcohol, rather than mere abstinence from spirits, advocated by some early temperance reformers