• Habitude

    Pronunciation

    • RP IPA: /ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd/
    • Rhymes: -uːd

    Origin

    From Middle English, from Middle French habitude, from Latin habitudo ("condition, plight, habit, appearance"), from habeō ("I have, hold, keep"); see have.

    Full definition of habitude

    Noun

    habitude

    (plural habitudes)
    1. (archaic) The essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament.
    2. (archaic) Habitual disposition; normal or characteristic mode of behaviour, whether from habit or from nature
      • 1683, John Dryden, Life of Plutarch (21)An habitude of commanding his passions in order to his health.
    3. (obsolete) Behaviour or manner of existence in relation to something else; relation; respect.
    4. (obsolete) In full habitude: fully, wholly, entirely; in all respects.
      • 1661, Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England (1.165)Although I believe not the report in full habitude.
    5. (obsolete) habitual association; familiar relation; acquaintance; familiarity; intimacy; association; intercourse.
      • 1665, John Evelyn, Memoirs (3.65)The discourse of some with whom I have had some habitudes since my coming home.
    6. (obsolete) an associate; an acquaintance; someone with whom one is familiar.
      • 1676, George Etherege, The Man of Mode (4.1)La Corneus and Sallyes were the only habitudes we had.
    7. Habit; custom; usage.
    8. (obsolete) A chemical term used in the plural to denote the various ways in which one substance reacts with another; chemical reaction.
      • 1818, Michael Faraday, Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics (32)Most authors who have had occasion to describe naphthaline, have noticed its habitudes with sulphuric acid.
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