habitude

[ hab-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. customary condition or character:

   a healthy mental habitude.

2. a habit or custom:

   traditional habitudes of kindliness and courtesy.

3. Obsolete. familiar relationship.

habitude

/ ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. rare.
   habit or tendency

Derived Forms

• ˌhabiˈtudinal, adjective

Other Words From

• habi·tudi·nal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of habitude¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin habitūdō. See habit ¹, -tude

Example Sentences

Bruhat’s first word of the night was habitude, which means one’s “usual disposition or mode of behavior or procedure.”

From New York Times

Passion might be quenched in the slough of habitude; love’s pinions might molt like any farm-yard hen’s.

From Project Gutenberg

The question, "Why?" which is always appropriate where the explanation of a contradiction is concerned, like all proper habitudes of thought, can overreach itself and be asked where nothing remains to be understood.

From Project Gutenberg

They are not physically strong: they are quiet, weakly-looking men, with little energy and no habitude to hardships.

From Project Gutenberg

This undoubted fact in Lincoln's mental habitude is a signal and significant factor, to be held in careful estimation in a final judgment of Lincoln's character.

From Project Gutenberg