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   Hab·it

   /ˈhabət/

   

   noun

   • 1. a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up: "we stayed together out of habit" Similar practicecustompatternroutinestyleconventionpolicywontwaymannermodenormtraditionmatter of courseruleusagetendencypropensityinclinationbentproclivitypronenessdispositionpredispositionmannerismquirkcharacteristic gesturecharacteristicfoibletricktraittendencyidiosyncrasypeculiaritysingularityoddityeccentricitywayfeaturecustompractice
   • ▪ an addictive practice, especially one of taking drugs: informal "a cocaine habit" Similar addictiondependencedependencycravingfixationcompulsionobsessionweaknessinformal:monkeyjones
   • ▪ an automatic reaction to a specific situation.
   • ▪ general shape or mode of growth, especially of a plant or a mineral: "a shrub of spreading habit"
   • 2. a long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order or congregation: "nuns in long brown habits, black veils, and sandals"
   • ▪ short for riding habit
   • ▪ dress; attire: archaic "the prince has lately visited the copper mines of that kingdom, in the habit of a miner" Similar garmentoutfitrobecostumeuniformattiredressgarbclothesclothinggarmentsinformal:getuprig-outgeartogsclobberragsformal:apparel
   • 3. a person's bodily condition or constitution: archaic "a victim to a consumptive habit"

   verb

   • 1. dress; clothe: archaic "a boy habited as a serving lad"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French abit, habit, from Latin habitus ‘condition, appearance’, from habere ‘have, consist of’. The term originally meant ‘dress, attire’, later coming to denote physical or mental constitution.

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