habited

¹ American  

[hab-i-tid] / ˈhæb ɪ tɪd /

adjective

Archaic.

1. inhabited.

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habited ² American  

[hab-i-tid] / ˈhæb ɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. dressed or clothed, especially in a habit.

   habited nuns.

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habited British  

/ ˈhæbɪtɪd /

adjective

1. dressed in a habit

2. clothed

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Etymology

Origin of habited¹

habit ² + -ed ²

Origin of habited¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; habit ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

NARSAQ, Greenland — This huge, remote and barely habited island is known for frozen landscapes, remote fjords and glaciers that heave giant sheets of ice into the sea.

From New York Times

Edgar opts to wear the old-school habit and veil, and in the South Bronx in the 1990s, a habited nun is an appropriate image, she thinks.

From New York Times

They pored over satellite images of Xinjiang at night to find telltale clusters of new lights, especially in barely habited areas, which often proved to be new detention sites.

From New York Times

In the market square, we found ragged companies forming, several led by men habited as milkmaids.

From Literature

Highlights include “severe drought over 40% of the Earth’s habited landmass by century’s end” and more than a meter of sea-level rise.

From Washington Post