Habit
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| - | * [[habitual]] | + | |
| - | * [[habituate]] | + | |
| + | 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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- 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.
Etymology
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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