habitude

[ hab-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. customary condition or character:

   a healthy mental habitude.

2. a habit or custom:

   traditional habitudes of kindliness and courtesy.

3. Obsolete. familiar relationship.

habitude

/ ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. rare.
   habit or tendency

Derived Forms

• ˌhabiˈtudinal, adjective

Other Words From

• habi·tudi·nal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of habitude¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin habitūdō. See habit ¹, -tude

Example Sentences

We set up the Habitude 6 in the backyard during the early days of Oregon’s shutdown and used it daily for months, and my daughter and I never got tired of playing inside.

From Outside Online

The abstentions indicate a curious and interesting habitude ingrained in the English Press.

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Eh bien, c'est une habitude sale, dont vous devriez avoir honte!

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The material they had to work upon was already democratical by instinct and habitude.

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There was at work some great solvent making into naught the dross of custom and habitude.

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"It's never so hot on the water, Mrs. Merritt," said Mrs. Alger, with the instructiveness of an old habitude.

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