consuetude
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of consuetude
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Old French consuetude, a learned borrowing or Latinism from Latin consuētūd(o), “custom, habit, usage, social intercourse, illicit affair,” equivalent to con- con- + suē- (root of suēscere “to accustom, become accustomed,” akin to suus “one's own”) + -tūdō -tude
Example Sentences
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I remember myself so to have done, and that is my common consuetude when anything pierceth or toucheth my heart.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
I remember myself to have so done, and that is my common consuetude when anything pierceth or toucheth my heart.
From John Knox by A. Taylor Innes
For the present he swept the skies leisurely, feasting on the infinite wonders which no consuetude could render commonplace.
From The Mayor of Warwick by Herbert M. (Herbert Müller) Hopkins
"Yet bethink thee, reverend father," said Mont-Fitchet, "the stain hath become engrained by time and consuetude; let thy reformation be cautious, as it is just and wise."
From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
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