habit
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English, from Old French habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“I have, hold, keep”); see have.
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habit (plural habits)
- An action done on a regular basis.
- It’s become a habit of mine to have a cup of coffee after dinner.
- An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
- By force of habit, he dressed for work even though it was holiday.
- A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
- It’s interesting how Catholic and Buddhist monks both wear habits.
- A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.
- The new riding habits of the team looked smashing!.
- Customary manner of dress.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- … it was always my fate to choose for the worse, so I did here; for having money in my pocket and good clothes upon my back, I would always go on board in the habit of a gentleman; and so I neither had any business in the ship, or learned to do any.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- An addiction.
- He has a 10-cigar habit.
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an action done on a regular basis
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action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns
piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle English habiten, from Old French habiter, from Latin habitāre, present active infinitive of habitō, frequentative of habeō (“I have, hold, keep”); see have.
[edit] Verb
habit (third-person singular simple present habits, present participle habiting, simple past and past participle habited)
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- habit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- habit in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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habit m. (plural habits)
- article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
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habit m. (oblique plural habiz, nominative singular habiz, nominative plural habit)
- Alternative form of abit.
[edit] Polish
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habit m.
- habit (clothing worn by monks and nuns)
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