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/ˈhabət/

noun
- 1. a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up: "we stayed together out of habit" Similar practicecustompatternroutinestyleconventionpolicywontwaymannermodenormtraditionmatter of courseruleusagetendencypropensityinclinationbentproclivitypronenessdispositionpredispositionmannerismquirkcharacteristic gesturecharacteristicfoibletricktraittendencyidiosyncrasypeculiaritysingularityoddityeccentricitywayfeaturecustompractice
- ▪ an addictive practice, especially one of taking drugs: informal "a cocaine habit" Similar addictiondependencedependencycravingfixationcompulsionobsessionweaknessinformal:monkeyjones
- ▪ an automatic reaction to a specific situation.
- ▪ general shape or mode of growth, especially of a plant or a mineral: "a shrub of spreading habit"
- 2. a long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order or congregation: "nuns in long brown habits, black veils, and sandals"
- ▪ short for riding habit
- ▪ dress; attire: archaic "the prince has lately visited the copper mines of that kingdom, in the habit of a miner" Similar garmentoutfitrobecostumeuniformattiredressgarbclothesclothinggarmentsinformal:getuprig-outgeartogsclobberragsformal:apparel
- 3. a person's bodily condition or constitution: archaic "a victim to a consumptive habit"
verb
- 1. dress; clothe: archaic "a boy habited as a serving lad"
Word Origin Middle English: from Old French abit, habit, from Latin habitus ‘condition, appearance’, from habere ‘have, consist of’. The term originally meant ‘dress, attire’, later coming to denote physical or mental constitution.
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