habitual
Plural: habituals
Adjective Satellite
- commonly used or practiced; usual
- "his habitual comment"
Adj
- Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
- Regular or usual.
- Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly.
- Pertaining to an action performed customarily, ordinarily, or usually.
Noun
- One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender.
- A construction representing something done habitually.
Adjective
- Done or occurring as a habit; customary, regular, or routine.
Examples
- Her habitual lying was the reason for my mistrust.
- He’s a habitual chain-smoker.
- His HABITUAL opening play involved a bonus square, ensuring an early lead in Words With Friends.
- Professor Franklein took his habitual seat at the conference table.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
habitual: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhabitual: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
habitual: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
habitual: valid Words With Friends Word