Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assuetude

/ˈæ.swɪˌtjuːd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: as-sue-tude
IPA: /ˈæ.swɪˌtjuːd/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Accustomedness; habit.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The condition of an organism that has acquired tolerance of a drug or poison.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt."
"The boy had been his companion for years: and from assuetude had become, as it were, a part of himself."
"My flesh writhed like the glutinous flesh of a serpent. Slowly moved, and stopped: -- then was a sweep -- and a swirl -- and a pause! then a swirl -- and a sweep -- and a pause! -- then steady industry of labour on the monstrous brazen axis, as the husbandman plods by the plough; then increase of zest, assuetude of a fledgeling to the wing -- then intensity -- then the last light ecstasy of flight."

Etymology

From Latin assuetudo, from assuetus (“accustomed”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

assuetudes (plural)

Derived Forms

unassuetude

Questions

How do you pronounce assuetude?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæ.swɪˌtjuːd/.
What does assuetude mean?: Accustomedness; habit.
Where does assuetude come from?: From Latin assuetudo, from assuetus (“accustomed”).

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