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consuetude

[kon-swi-tood, -tyood]
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noun

custom, especially as having legal force.

RELATED WORDS

usance, habit, practice, familiarity, manner, usage, habitude, tradition, praxis

Nearby words

  1. consubstantial,
  2. consubstantially,
  3. consubstantiate,
  4. consubstantiation,
  5. consuela,
  6. consuetudinary,
  7. consul,
  8. consul general,
  9. consular,
  10. consular agent

Origin of consuetude

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin consuētūdō, equivalent to con- con- + suē- (short stem of suēscere to become accustomed, akin to suus one's own) + -tūdō -tude
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Examples from the Web for consuetude

  • I remember myself so to have done, and that is my common on consuetude when anything pierceth or toucheth my heart.

    Familiar Studies of Men and Books|Robert Louis Stevenson

  • For the present he swept the skies leisurely, feasting on the infinite wonders which no consuetude could render commonplace.

    The Mayor of Warwick|Herbert M. Hopkins
British Dictionary definitions for consuetude

consuetude

noun

an established custom or usage, esp one having legal force
Derived Formsconsuetudinary, adjective

Word Origin for consuetude

C14: from Latin consuētūdō, from consuēscere to accustom, from con- + suēscere to be wont
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Word Origin and History for consuetude

consuetude

n.

late 14c., from Middle French consuetude, from Latin consuetudo, from consuetus, past participle of consuescere "to accustom" (see custom).

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