habitus
Americannoun
noun
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med general physical state, esp with regard to susceptibility to disease
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tendency or inclination, esp of plant or animal growth; habit
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Etymology
Origin of habitus
1885–90; < New Latin, Latin; see habit 1
Example Sentences
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Habitus corporis varii, alque ex eo argumenta; namque rutilae Caledoniam habitantium comae, magni artus Germanicam originem adseverant.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
Which of them, therefore, is not to be met with in my seven Invectives against Verres? or in the cause of Habitus? or in that of Cornelius? or indeed in most of my Defences?
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.
Habitus corporum varii: atque ex eo argumenta: nam rutilae Caledoniam habitantium comae, magni artus Germanicam originem asseverant.
From Critiques and Addresses by Huxley, Thomas Henry
In this same year he delivered one of his ablest speeches in court in defending A. Cluentius Habitus on a charge of poisoning.
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.
Linschoten repeats the like, and one of his plates is entitled Habitus Abissinorum quibus loco Baptismatis frons inuritur.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
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