habitude

American  

[hab-i-tood, -tyood] / ˈhæb ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

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.

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habitude British  

/ ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. rare habit or tendency

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Other Word Forms

• habitudinal adjective

Etymology

Origin of habitude

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

Example Sentences

Bruhat’s first word of the night was habitude, which means one’s “usual disposition or mode of behavior or procedure.”

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

He has punctuality, he has secrecy, he has the habitude.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

Et par ce est esclarcy le dict dAristote et de Avenrois, whiche have put blacknesse for privation and whytnesse for habytude qui ont mis noircheur pour priuacion et blancheur pour habitude or forme.

From An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Du Wés, Giles

They say," observed Monsieur Fromagin, "that the cat—it was among his many tricks—had the habitude to jump on Madame Jolicœur's head when, for that purpose, she covered it with a night-cap.

From Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales by Van Vechten, Carl

Ma M�re Sup�rieure, pour le mois de S. Joseph, elle se corrige de cette vilaine habitude de mordre ses ongles.

From Consequences by Delafield, E. M.