habited

¹

[ hab-i-tid ]

adjective

1. dressed or clothed, especially in a habit:

   habited nuns.

habited

²

[ hab-i-tid ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. inhabited.

habited

/ ˈhæbɪtɪd /

adjective

1. dressed in a habit
2. clothed

Word History and Origins

Origin of habited¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; habit ¹ + -ed ³

Origin of habited²

habit ² + -ed ²

Example Sentences

NARSAQ, Greenland — This huge, remote and barely habited island is known for frozen landscapes, remote fjords and glaciers that heave giant sheets of ice into the sea.

From New York Times

Edgar opts to wear the old-school habit and veil, and in the South Bronx in the 1990s, a habited nun is an appropriate image, she thinks.

From New York Times

They pored over satellite images of Xinjiang at night to find telltale clusters of new lights, especially in barely habited areas, which often proved to be new detention sites.

From New York Times

I did not know who I was become; but I knew this person would be named Augustus, and would be habited in excellent array.

From Literature

Highlights include “severe drought over 40% of the Earth’s habited landmass by century’s end” and more than a meter of sea-level rise.

From Washington Post