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habitude

noun
/ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd/UK

Etymology

From Middle English habitude, from Middle French habitude, from Latin habitūdō (“condition, plight, habit, appearance”), from habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).

  1. derived from habitūdō
  2. derived from habitude
  3. inherited from habitude

Definitions

  1. The essential character of one's being or existence

    The essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament.

    • His real habitude gave life and grace / To appertainings and to ornament.

  2. Habitual disposition

    Habitual disposition; normal or characteristic mode of behaviour, whether from habit or from nature

    • An habitude of commanding his passions in order to his health.
    • [T]here was something of the habitude of the wild animal in the unreflecting instinct with which she rambled on — disconnecting herself by littles from her eventful past at every step, obliterating her identity […]

  3. Behaviour or manner of existence in relation to something else

    Behaviour or manner of existence in relation to something else; relation; respect.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. In full habitude

      In full habitude: fully, wholly, entirely; in all respects.

      • Although I believe not the report in full habitude.

    2. habitual association

      habitual association; familiar relation; acquaintance; familiarity; intimacy; association; intercourse.

      • The discourse of some with whom I have had some habitudes since my coming home.

    3. an associate

      an associate; an acquaintance; someone with whom one is familiar.

      • La Corneus and Sallyes were the only habitudes we had.

    4. Habit

      Habit; custom; usage.

      • Which […] by long habitude, are thought rather vertue than vice among them.

    5. The various ways in which one substance reacts with another

      The various ways in which one substance reacts with another; chemical reaction.

      • Most authors who have had occasion to describe naphthaline, have noticed its habitudes with sulphuric acid.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA