chronic, inveterate
(adjective) habitual; “a chronic smoker”
chronically, inveterate
(adverb) in a habitual and longstanding manner; “smoking chronically”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
inveterate (comparative more inveterate, superlative most inveterate)
firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing
(of a person) Having had a habit for a long time
Malignant; virulent; spiteful.
• deep-rooted, ingrained, ineradicable, radicated, hardened, chronic
• casual
• transient
inveterate (third-person singular simple present inveterates, present participle inveterating, simple past and past participle inveterated)
(obsolete) To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench.
• Everettian, entreative
Source: Wiktionary
In*vet"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. inveteratus, p. p. of inveterare to render old; pref. in- in + vetus, veteris, old. See Veteran.]
1. Old; long-established. [Obs.] It is an inveterate and received opinion. Bacon.
2. Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse. Heal the inveterate canker of one wound. Shak.
3. Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed; habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker.
4. Malignant; virulent; spiteful. H. Brooke.
In*vet"er*ate, v. t.
Definition: To fix and settle by long continuance. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
