habitude

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Etymology[edit]

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

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habitude (countable and uncountable, 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
  3. (obsolete) Behaviour or manner of existence in relation to something else; relation; respect.
    • 1732, George Berkeley, “The Fourth Dialogue”, in Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher. [], volume I, London: [] J[acob] Tonson [], →OCLC, section XXI, page 256:
      And although Proportion ſtrictly ſignifies the Habitude or Relation of one Quantity to another, yet, in a looſer and tranſlated Senſe, it hath been applied to ſignify every other Habitude; and conſequently the Term Analogy comes to ſignify all Similitude or Relations, or Habitudes vvhatſoever.
  4. (obsolete) In full habitude: fully, wholly, entirely; in all respects.
    • a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: [] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC, page 165:
      Although I believe not the report in full habitude.
  5. (obsolete) habitual association; familiar relation; acquaintance; familiarity; intimacy; association; intercourse.
  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, chemistry, in the plural) 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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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin habitūdō.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi.tyd/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

habitude f (plural habitudes)

  1. habit (action done on a regular basis)

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Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

habitude (plural habitudes)

  1. habit (action done on a regular basis)

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First known attestation 1365,[1] borrowed from Latin habitūdō. The meaning 'habit' seems to have developed under the influence of habituer (to habituate” reflexively “to become habituated).

Noun[edit]

habitude f (plural habitudes)

  1. relationship
  2. habit (action done on a regular basis)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Etymology and history of “habitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.