Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

habitude

/ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: habi-tude
IPA: /ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Habitual disposition; normal or characteristic mode of behaviour, whether from habit or from nature

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Behaviour or manner of existence in relation to something else; relation; respect.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

In full habitude: fully, wholly, entirely; in all respects.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

habitual association; familiar relation; acquaintance; familiarity; intimacy; association; intercourse.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

an associate; an acquaintance; someone with whom one is familiar.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Habit; custom; usage.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The various ways in which one substance reacts with another; chemical reaction.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"His real habitude gave life and grace / To appertainings and to ornament."
"[I]ts thought, that, in the Seed are alvvaies potentially ſeuerall indiuiduating Qualities deriu'd from diuers of the neere Anceſtors, vvhich by the formatiue povver of the Parents may be expreſt in the Children, vvith reſpectiue habitude to either Sex; […]"
"An habitude of commanding his passions in order to his health."
"[T]here was something of the habitude of the wild animal in the unreflecting instinct with which she rambled on — disconnecting herself by littles from her eventful past at every step, obliterating her identity […]"
"With the instinct of old habitude they fell to the oars, Barbara rowing the better and the stronger."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: habitude, habitūdō

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

habitudes (plural)

Derived Forms

habitudinal

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce habitude?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd/.
What does habitude mean?: The essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament.
Where does habitude come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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