Agreeable, of goodly shape, slim, abstemious. This was partly possible because of his abstemious habits, eschewing both tobacco and strong drink. Browne was a man of abstemious habits, charitable disposition, and impressive eloquence. These abstemious habits, he explained, helped him to concentrate on his reading and writing. The college was also abstemious, compared with the others, and the "Oriel teapot" became proverbial.