wont

CEFRC2

/wʌnt/

adjective · noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Accustomed or likely to do something; usually used in formal writing.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).

Examples

  • It was my father's wont to read the newspaper before breakfast.

  • We were wont to meet at that pleasant spot.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /woʊnt/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. To make (someone) used to; to accustom.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something).

More examples

In context

  • He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont.

  • He is wont to complain loudly about his job.

  • With a simple-minded desire, and to rid my mind of this irrepressible urge, I retired to a corner of the room, as was my wont, but after a while I realized I couldn't jack off—proof well enough that I'd fallen in love again after twelve years!

Synonyms

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As was his blank, he woke up at dawn every day without fail.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English wont, from Old English ġewunod, past participle of ġewunian (“to be accustomed to, dwell”), the noun sense possibly arising via conflation of wone (“custom, habit, practice”) and the adjective wont. Compare German Low German Gewohnte (“custom, habit”), Dutch gewoonte, Swedish van. Likely related to wone, wonder, wean, and win.