habitude

Meaning

Noun

• The essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament.
• Habitual disposition; normal or characteristic mode of behaviour, whether from habit or from nature
• Behaviour or manner of existence in relation to something else; relation; respect.
• In full habitude: fully, wholly, entirely; in all respects.
• habitual association; familiar relation; acquaintance; familiarity; intimacy; association; intercourse.
• an associate; an acquaintance; someone with whom one is familiar.
• Habit; custom; usage.
• The various ways in which one substance reacts with another; chemical reaction.

Origin

• From Middle English habitude, from Middle French habitude, from Latin habitūdō ("condition, plight, habit, appearance"), from habeō.