absteen

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English absteynen, absteinen, abstenen, from Old French astenir, abstenir, from Latin abstineō (“to hold oneself back”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əbˈstin/, /ˈəbstin/
• (Mry., Nairn, e.Crm.) IPA^(key): /əbˈsten/

Verb

absteen

1. (Northern Scots) to abstain

Related terms

nouns

• absteener

References

• “absteen, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
• Eagle, Andy, editor (2025), “absteen”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎