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Traditional English :: habitual
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habituirness.html - adj. 1 done constantly or as a habit. 2 regular, usual. 3 given to a (specified) habit (a habitual smoker). habitually adv. habitualness n. [med.L habitualis (as HABIT)] |
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Traditional English :: habituate
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habituirness.html - v.tr. (often foll. by to) accustom; make used to something. habituation n. [LL habituare (as HABIT)] |
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Traditional English :: habitude
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habituirness.html - n. 1 a mental or bodily disposition. 2 a custom or tendency. [ME f. OF f. L habitudo -dinis f. habere habit- have] |
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Traditional English :: habitu÷
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habituirness.html - n. a habitual visitor or resident. [F, past part. of habituer (as HABITUATE)] |
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Traditional English :: habit
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habituirness.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a settled or regular tendency or practice (often foll. by of + verbal noun: has a habit of ignoring me). 2 a practice that is hard to give up. 3 a mental constitution or attitude. 4 Psychol. an automatic reaction to a specific situation. 5 colloq. an addictive practice, esp. of taking drugs. 6 a the dress of a particular class, esp. of a religious order. b (in full riding-habit) a woman's riding-dress. c archaic dress, attire. 7 a bodily constitution. 8 Biol. & Crystallog. a mode of growth. --v.tr. (usu. as habited adj.) clothe. habit-forming causing addiction. make a habit of do regularly. [ME f. OF abit f. L habitus f. habere habit- have, be constituted] |
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Traditional English :: habitable
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habituirness.html - adj. that can be inhabited. habitability n. habitableness n. habitably adv. [ME f. OF f. L habitabilis (as HABITANT)] |
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