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

The tyro with the pen, learning to write, splotches and scratches, and painfully forms trembling, limping O's and A's, till with practice and habitude, almost unconsciously, the power to form firm letters is acquired.

From Line and Form (1900) by Crane, Walter

The King had but hardly gone into his bed-chamber when the door of the Closet opened and Don Diego Deza entered, unannounced, and with the manner of habitude and use.

From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger

Political insouciance was his prevailing habitude of mind; an invincible tendency to "laissez aller" the basis of his character.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various

I have the habitude of the languages; they count me an expert.

From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie