Habitude

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Habitude \Hab"i*tude\ (h[a^]b"[i^]*t[=u]d), n. [F., fr. L.
     habitudo condition. See {Habit}.]
     1. Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with
        reference to something else; established or usual
        relations. --South.
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              The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes
              one to another.                       --Locke.
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              The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else
              than their habitudes of thinking.     --Landor.
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     2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.
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              To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with
              the best company.                     --Dryden.
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     3. Habit of body or of action. --Shak.
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              It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without
              an infinite number of acts and perpetual practice.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  habitude
       n : habitual mode of behavior