inveteracy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of inveteracy
First recorded in 1710–20; inveter(ate) + -acy
Example Sentences
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In 1878, a commentator in the newspaper Isafold called turf houses a “national vice, a ruinous inveteracy and senseless adherence to ancient customs.”
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2015
She was well aware of our matron's inveteracy against her and her establishment, and she resented it as a placeman resents the efforts of a radical.
From St. Ronan's Well by Sir Walter Scott
These diseases are the more fearful, since they rarely yield to physical aid, and it is seldom that moral influence is sufficiently persuasive to combat their inveteracy.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
The term eczema is now applied very generally to eruptions of all kinds that depend on internal disorders or constitutional conditions and that tend to recurrences and inveteracy.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Their constant tendency is to increase in virulence and inveteracy.
From Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg
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