Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
HABITUAL
accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted
(adjective) commonly used or practiced; usual; “his accustomed thoroughness”; “took his customary morning walk”; “his habitual comment”; “with her wonted candor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
habitual (comparative more habitual, superlative most habitual)
Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
Regular or usual.
Synonyms: accustomed, customary
Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly.
(grammar) Pertaining to an action performed customarily, ordinarily, or usually.
Synonym: consuetudinal
Noun
habitual (plural habituals)
(colloquial) One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender.
(grammar) A construction representing something done habitually.
Source: Wiktionary
Ha*bit"ual, a. Etym: [Cf. F. habituel, LL. habituals. See Habit, n.]
1. Formed or acquired by habit or use. An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims. South.
2. According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habiual practice of sin. It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to be grateful for the most common and ordinary blessings. Buckminster.
Syn.
– Customary; accustomed; usual; common; wonted; ordinary; regular; familiar.
– Ha*bit"u*al*ly, adv.
– Ha*bit"u*al*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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