habitual

CEFRC1

/həˈbɪ.tʃʊ.əl/

adjective

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Done regularly and usually without thinking.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly.

Examples

  • Grandfather sat in his habitual place near the fire.

  • Sami was a habitual cheater.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /-tjʊ-/
  • /həˈbɪ.tʃwəl/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Regular or usual.

  2. Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.

  3. Pertaining to an action performed customarily, ordinarily, or usually.

More examples

In context

  • Her habitual lying was the reason for my mistrust.

  • Professor Franklein took his habitual seat at the conference table.

  • He’s a habitual chain-smoker.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English habitual (“of one's inherent disposition”), from Medieval Latin habituālis (“customary; habitual”), from Latin habitus (“character; disposition; habit; physical or emotional condition; attire, dress”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); analysable as habit + -ual. Habitus is derived from habeō (“to have; to hold; to own; to possess”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”)) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). The noun is derived from the adjective.