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

By habitude of ill that veils Thy light.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

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 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