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.

And now she must provide bread for her children by her own “hand-labour,”—without the habitude of labour.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various

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

I believe the former, and consider it the result of an acquired psychical habitude.

From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by Weir, James