HABITUDE

habitude

(noun) habitual mode of behavior

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

habitude (countable and uncountable, plural habitudes)

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

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

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

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

(obsolete) habitual association; familiar relation; acquaintance; familiarity; intimacy; association; intercourse.

(obsolete) an associate; an acquaintance; someone with whom one is familiar.

Habit; custom; usage.

(obsolete) A chemical term used in the plural to denote the various ways in which one substance reacts with another; chemical reaction.

Source: Wiktionary

Hab"i*tude, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. habitudo condition. See Habit.]

1. Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations. South. The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes one to another. Locke. The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than habitudes of thinking. Landor.

2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity. To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company. Dryden.

3. Habit of body or of action. Shak. It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without an infinite Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition