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

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

Passion might be quenched in the slough of habitude; love’s pinions might molt like any farm-yard hen’s.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

Of just this personal habitude, through all the years of Lincoln's participation in our national affairs, there was strenuous need and requisition.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

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

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert