antiliquor

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

anti- +‎ liquor

Adjective[edit]

antiliquor (comparative more antiliquor, superlative most antiliquor)

  1. Opposing the drinking of alcoholic liquor.
    • 1997, David S. Reynolds, Debra J. Rosenthal, The Serpent in the Cup: Temperance in American Literature, page 4:
      As an antiliquor tract, temperance literature was meant, scripturelike, to show drunkards their sinful ways and to lead them to a life of sobriety which would herald financial and social prosperity.