Habit Definition
hăbĭt
habits
noun
habits
Costume; dress.
Webster's New World
A particular costume showing rank, status, etc.
Webster's New World
Habitual or characteristic condition of mind or body; disposition.
Webster's New World
A pattern of action that is acquired and has become so automatic that it is difficult to break.
Webster's New World
Customary manner or practice.
An early riser by habit.
American Heritage Medicine
verb
To dress; clothe.
Webster's New World
To clothe in a habit, especially a nun's habit.
American Heritage
To inhabit.
Webster's New World
Origin of Habit
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Middle English clothing from Old French clothing, behavior, custom from Latin habitus from past participle of habēre to have ghabh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English habiten, from Old French habiter, from Latin habitāre, present active infinitive of habitō, frequentative of habeō (“I have, hold, keep”); see have.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English, from Old French habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“I have, hold, keep”); see have.
From Wiktionary
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