Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Firmly and long established; deep-rooted.
- adjective Persisting in an ingrained habit; habitual: synonym: chronic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make inveterate; render chronic; establish by force of habit.
- Old; long established.
- Firmly established by long continuance; deep-rooted; obstinate: generally, though not always, in a derogatory sense: as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate enemy.
- Confirmed in any habit; having habits fixed by long continuance: applied to persons: as, an inveterate smoker.
- Malignant; virulent; showing obstinate prejudice.
- Synonyms Deep-seated, chronic.
- Habitual, hardened.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Old; long-established.
- adjective Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing
- adjective Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed; habitual.
- adjective Malignant; virulent; spiteful.
- transitive verb obsolete To fix and settle by long continuance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Old ; firmlyestablished by longcontinuance ; of longstanding ;obstinately deep-rooted ; as, an inveteratedisease ; an inveteratehabit . - adjective of a person Having habits fixed by long continuance;
confirmed ;habitual ; as, an inveterateidler orsmoker . - adjective
Malignant ;virulent ;spiteful . - verb obsolete To
fix andsettle bylong continuance ; toentrench .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a habitual and longstanding manner
- adjective habitual
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Observe how inveterate is the malice that wicked men have towards the righteous, how far it will go, and what a variety of cruelties it will invent and exercise upon those against whom they have no cause of quarrel, except in the matters of their God.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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She was one of that peculiar class of females, who, if there is any thing to be said, always claim the privilege of saying it; in other words, an inveterate talker; and who, if we may be allowed the phrase, managed her husband, and all around her, with the length of her tongue.
Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life Emerson Bennett
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Only the most inveterate racists would hold that all black women lie about rape, and I hardly think the media are that kind of inveterate racists.
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Heck, even if you have been there and if you're the kind of inveterate animal whose existence is defined by what happens ...
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Heck, even if you have been there and if you're the kind of inveterate
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For about half of these church shoppers, their latest search for a new congregation was triggered by a move, which leaves roughly one quarter of all Americans who have searched for their current congregation for a reason other than a change of location.12 Americans are inveterate shoppers, and religion is no exception.13
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
pradyumnaojha commented on the word inveterate
Pat is an inveterate gym goer irrespective of any weather condition.
February 15, 2013
qms commented on the word inveterate
A rhymer should be fairly literate
And rewriting must be inveterate
To polish and shine
And tune every line
Until the damned verses are better writ.
September 24, 2017