habitus

[ hab-i-tuhs ]

/ ˈhæb ɪ təs /

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noun, plural hab·i·tus.

the physical characteristics of a person, especially appearance and constitution as related to disease.

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Origin of habitus

1885–90; <New Latin, Latin; see habit¹

Words nearby habitus

habitually, habituate, habituation, habitude, habitué, habitus, haboob, Habsburg, habu, habutai, HAC

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How to use habitus in a sentence

“Everybody help me do it,” Cooke implores the Overtown habitus, dropping the formal lyric, improvising, writing here in this present tense, writing to the crowd, bringing in their voices to join with his own.
The Night Sam Cooke Made ‘Chain Gang’ a Hymn to Freedom|Colin Fleming|October 17, 2021|The Daily Beast
I should be sorry to think that anybody attributes such conduct to the habitus of the Athenum.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917.|Various
The winter set in, and the habitus of the Cross-roads Post-office gathered about the glowing stove.
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim|Frances Hodgson Burnett
While awaiting their turn, the habitus form groups and confide their dreams and ideas to one another.
Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII)|Charles Paul de Kock

The habitus of the place were equally at home in talking politics, religion, or sport.
McClure's Magazine, January, 1896, Vol. VI. No. 2|Various
Hic breui angustoque corpore fuit: Helgonem habitus procerior cepit.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for habitus

habitus

/ (ˈhæbɪtəs) /

noun plural -tus

med general physical state, esp with regard to susceptibility to disease

tendency or inclination, esp of plant or animal growth; habit

Word Origin for habitus

C19: from Latin: state, habit

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habitus

Origin of habitus

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