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hab⋅i⋅tude

[hab-i-tood, -tyood]
–noun
1. customary condition or character: a healthy mental habitude.
2. a habit or custom: traditional habitudes of kindliness and courtesy.
3. Obsolete. familiar relationship.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < MF < L habitūdō. See habit 1 , -tude


hab⋅i⋅tu⋅di⋅nal, adjective
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hab·i·tude   (hāb'ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  A habitual tendency or way of behaving. See Synonyms at habit.

[Middle English, from Latin habitūdō, condition, from habitus; see habit.]
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