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

I think he is like the French lady of whom it was said, "Elle n'avait pas encore perdu l'ancienne habitude d'�tre jeune."

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Of just this personal habitude, through all the years of Lincoln's participation in our national affairs, there was strenuous need and requisition.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

Et par ce est esclarcy le dict dAristote et de Avenrois, whiche have put blacknesse for privation and whytnesse for habytude qui ont mis noircheur pour priuacion et blancheur pour habitude or forme.

From An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Du Wés, Giles

Ma M�re Sup�rieure, pour le mois de S. Joseph, elle se corrige de cette vilaine habitude de mordre ses ongles.

From Consequences by Delafield, E. M.