inveterate
adjEtymology
The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1574; borrowed from Latin inveterātus (“of long standing, chronic”), perfect passive participle of inveterō and participial adjective (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, into”) + veterō (“to age”), from vetus, veteris (“old”). Cognate with Italian inveterato, French invétéré. By surface analysis, in- (“not, opposite”) + veterate.
- borrowed from inveterātus
Definitions
Firmly established from having been around for a long time
Firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing.
- Near-synonyms: deep-rooted, ingrained, ineradicable, indelible, radicated, chronic, permanent
- an inveterate disease
- an inveterate habit
Having had a habit (usually a bad habit) for a long time.
- Near-synonyms: hardened, chronic, dyed-in-the-wool
- an inveterate idler; an inveterate gambler; an inveterate smoker
- an inveterate traveller
Malignant
Malignant; virulent; spiteful.
- A man of mild manners can form no idea of inveterate revenge or cruelty[…]
- 1765–70, Henry Brooke, The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland This his lordship perused with a countenance, and scrutiny, apparently inveterate.
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To fix and settle after a long time
To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench.
- "none of these Princes do use to maintaine any armies together, which are annex'd and inveterated with the governments of the provinces, as were the armies of the Roman Empire. "
The neighborhood
- synonymbred-in-the-bone
- synonymdeep-rooted
- synonymdeep-seated
- synonymdyed-in-the-wool
- synonymingrained
- synonyminveterate
- synonymlong-standing
- synonymradicated
- antonymcasual
- antonymtransient
- neighborinveteracy
- neighborinveterately
- neighborinnate
- neighborobstinate
- neighborestablished
- neighborfixed
- neighborineradicable
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at inveterate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at inveterate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at inveterate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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