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inveteracy

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in⋅vet⋅er⋅a⋅cy

  [in-vet-er-uh-see]
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–noun
the quality or state of being inveterate or deeply ingrained: the inveteracy of people's prejudices.
Origin:
1710–20; inveter(ate) + -acy
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in·vet·er·ate   (ĭn-vět'ər-ĭt)   
adj.  

  1. Firmly and long established; deep-rooted: inveterate preferences.

  2. Persisting in an ingrained habit; habitual: an inveterate liar. See Synonyms at chronic.


[Middle English, from Latin inveterātus, past participle of inveterārī, to grow old, endure : in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + vetus, veter-, old; see wet-2 in Indo-European roots.]
in·vet'er·a·cy (-ər-ə-sē), in·vet'er·ate·ness n., in·vet'er·ate·ly adv.
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