habitude

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Bruhat’s first word of the night was habitude, which means one’s “usual disposition or mode of behavior or procedure.”

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

On the inside the keyhole, contrary to habitude, was in the centre of the door.

From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir

With one further evil effect, perhaps the worst, of the habitude of ceaseless parental giving, I have dealt elsewhere.

From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Wise, Stephen

The "sweet habitude of being"—not that I fear death, but that I love life as, for instance, Charles Lamb loved it—makes me particularly affect a cheerful burial-place.

From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith

It needs no peculiar or unusual habitude in order to respire what is termed night air.

From Papers on Health by Kirk, Edward Bruce