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

On the inside the keyhole, contrary to habitude, was in the centre of the door.

From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir

This undoubted fact in Lincoln's mental habitude is a signal and significant factor, to be held in careful estimation in a final judgment of Lincoln's character.

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

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

What gleaming up of hands that fling Their homage in retorted rays, From high instinct of worshipping, And habitude of praise!

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett