Added 9 October 2026
habitual
/həˈbɪ.tʃʊ.əl/ adjective
In Latin: solitus Wiktionary
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Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
Her habitual lying was the reason for my mistrust.
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Regular or usual.
Professor Franklein took his habitual seat at the conference table.
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Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly.
He’s a habitual chain-smoker.
noun
- One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender.
- A construction representing something done habitually.
Origin
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.
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