habits

nountendency, practice

noundress, clothing, often for a particular purpose

Word Origin & History

early 13c., "characteristic attire of a religious or clerical order," from Old French habit, abit (12c.) "clothing, (ecclesiastical) habit; conduct," from Latin habitus "condition, demeanor, appearance, dress," originally past participle of habere "to have, to hold, possess," from PIE root *ghabh- "to seize, take, hold, have, give, receive" (cf. Sanskrit gabhasti- "hand, forearm;" Old Irish gaibim "I take, hold, I have," gabal "act of taking;" Lithuanian gabana "armful," gabenti "to remove;" Gothic gabei "riches;" Old English giefan, Old Norse gefa "to give").

Base sense probably "to hold," which can be either in offering or in taking. Applied in Latin to both inner and outer states of being, and taken over in both sense by English, though meaning of "dress" is now restricted to monks and nuns. Meaning "customary practice" is early 14c. Drug sense is from 1887.

Example Sentences for habits

They thought their own habits and customs just a trifle better than those of anybody else.

Old age and decay, bad enough in themselves, we intensify by our habits of mind.

But the gentler fibers of the man were atrophied by the habits of a lifetime.

"The less said about Palmer's habits the better," flashed Christine.

The Onondaga let his pipe go out while he explained the winter habits of moose.

Not only did his dialect differ from those about him, but his habits were not those of a woodsman.

It indicates, therefore, the man's habits and his mode of life.

I cannot exist without my friends, my habits and my pot-au-feu.

For a man of my habits, who kept clear of drink, I was now rich.

It was nocturnal in its habits, and somewhat addicted to dancing and the theft of children.

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