habitude
[noun]
Synonyms: habit, consuetude, custom, manner, practice, trick, usage, use, way, wont

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Contrasted words: humor, mood, temper, caprice, freak, vagary, whim
Related Words: attitude, position, stand, condition, situation, state

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

habitude noun. ['habɪtju:d] LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin habitudo, from habit-: see HABIT noun, -TUDE.]
1. Manner of being or existing; mental or bodily constitution; disposition; = HABIT noun 5, 7. LME.

2. A disposition to act in a certain way; a custom, a tendency; = HABIT noun 8. LME.
■ J. Butler Many habitudes of life, not given by nature, but which nature directs us to acquire.
b. Custom, usage; = HABIT noun 8b. L16.
■ H. Allen The orphan out of habitude from old times came close to the Virgin.

3. Familiar relation or acquaintance; familiarity. L15-L18.

4. Manner of being with relation to something else; relation, respect. M16-M18.

5. Chemistry. Chemical behaviour; reactions. L18-M19.

■ habi'tudinal adjective (a) habitual, customary; (b) of or pertaining to habit: LME.

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