HABIT
ADJECTIVES
► HABITUARY of the nature of a habit; fixed by habit; existing as a settled practice; constantly repeated; habitual, customary → 1627 obs.
► MALESUETE that has contracted an ill habit or custom → 1727 obs.
► MISWONTED having bad habits → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► ACCUSTOM custom, habit, habituation → 1523 obs.
► ACCUSTOMANCE customary use or practise; custom, habit → c1384 obs.
► AIT a custom, a habit, esp. used of a bad one → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BATE a habit, custom → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BIAS accustomed place or direction; also, usual procedure or habit → 1892 Eng. dial.
► CUSTOMANCE customary use or practice; custom, habit → a1393 obs.
► CUSTOMHEAD customary or habitual practice or behaviour; custom, habit → a1425 obs.
► DAPS habits, ways, peculiarities → 1825 Eng. dial.
► EET ► ETT habit, custom → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GATE way, manner, or method of doing or behaving; a peculiar habit → c1200 obs.
► GEARS habits, manners → c1200 obs.
► HANK n propensity; an evil habit → 1721 Eng. dial.
► HAUNT habit, wont, custom, usage → c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► ILL-GAIT ► ILL-GATE a bad habit; an evil way → 1865 Sc.
► LAITS manners, demeanour, behaviour, habits, customs; bad habits → 1725 Sc.
► LAW custom, customary rule or usage; habit, practice, ‘ways’ → c1175 obs.
► LEAR a habit; a custom → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LEATS ► LEETS manners; demeanour; habits, customs → 1725 Sc.
► OLD WUNT a habit more or less objectionable → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ORDINARY a prescribed or customary course or procedure; regular custom or wont; habit, usual course → c1450 obs.
► TACHE 1. a moral spot or blemish; a fault or vice; a bad quality or habit → c1330 obs.
2. a distinctive mark, quality, or habit; a trait, a characteristic, good or bad → a1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TAND a hereditary tinge, trace, stain; an inherited bad habit → 1929 Sc.
► TANDER a hereditary trace, stain; a tendency to revert to old failings → 1930 Sc.
► TETCH a habit, a gait → 1886 Eng. dial.
► TICK a whim, a fancy; a peculiar habit or notion; an idiosyncrasy → 1896
► UNTUHTLE a bad habit or custom → c1205 obs.
► VEIN a particular course of action or conduct; a habit or practice → 1597 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CREATURE OF HABIT a person whose behaviour is guided by habit; one who follows an unvarying routine → 1741
PHRASES
► ONCE A CAPTAIN ALWAYS A CAPTAIN habit is second nature → 1831
► ONCE A POLICEMAN ALWAYS A POLICEMAN habit is second nature → L19
► ONCE A WHORE AND EVER A WHORE habit is second nature → 17C
VERBS
► DO A BRODIE ► TAKE A BRODIE to fail, to slip back into bad habits → L19 sl.
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