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inveterate

[ in-vet-er-it ]

adjective

  1. settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like:

    an inveterate gambler.

    Synonyms: habitual, constant, hardened

  2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.; chronic.

    Synonyms: rooted, fixed, set



inveterate

/ ɪnˈvɛtərɪt /

adjective

  1. long established, esp so as to be deep-rooted or ingrained

    an inveterate feeling of hostility

  2. prenominal settled or confirmed in a habit or practice, esp a bad one; hardened

    an inveterate smoker

  3. obsolete.
    full of hatred; hostile
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • inˈveterately, adverb
  • inˈveteracy, noun
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Other Words From

  • in·veter·ate·ly adverb
  • in·veter·ate·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inveterate1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin inveterātus (past participle of inveterāre “to grow old, allow to grow old, preserve”), equivalent to in- in- 2 + veter- (stem of vetus “old”) + -ātus -ate 1; veteran
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inveterate1

C16: from Latin inveterātus of long standing, from inveterāre to make old, from in- ² + vetus old
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Example Sentences

Due both to the mountainous topography of the county and decades of inveterate deforestation, Haiti is extremely susceptible to heavy rainfall and mudslides.

The revelation caused a stir, highlighting as it did Russia's ongoing and inveterate digital espionage campaigns.

The most ridiculous character in Pay Any Price may be Dennis Montgomery, who is described as an inveterate gambler and swindler.

An inveterate networker, he managed to get Tennessee Williams as the chief signatory on one letter-writing campaign.

This inveterate list maker also loved minutiae; in his copious account books, he kept track of every cent he ever spent.

It gives the best outcomes to the most inveterate bad actors.

Mr. Wright fails to mention that Mr. Scarff admitted under oath that he is a self-admitted inveterate liar.

The taint was too inveterate to be eradicated; the evil was immedicable; Rome was already effete and moribund.

The lessons, where he had a long inveterate habit of shuffling, came under Norman's eye at the same time.

Austria, on the other hand, had been an old and inveterate rival of France in the race for territorial extension.

Critias, though formerly a scholar of Socrates, became his most inveterate enemy.

Remember, they had actually ventured at night into the bush in spite of their inveterate fear of “the spirits.”

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