hab·i·tude /ˈhæbəˌtud, ˌtjud/
體質,性質,氣質,習俗,習慣
Hab·i·tude n.
1. Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations.
The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes one to another. --Locke.
The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than their habitudes of thinking. --Landor.
2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.
To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company. --Dryden.
3. Habit of body or of action.
It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without an infinite number of acts and perpetual practice. --Dryden.
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habitude
n : habitual mode of behavior