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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.

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

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inveterate

/ 瑟苍藞惫蓻迟蓹谤瑟迟 /

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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 颈苍藞惫别迟别谤补迟别濒测, adverb
  • 颈苍藞惫别迟别谤补肠测, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈苍路惫别迟顎侥谤路补迟别路濒测 adverb
  • 颈苍路惫别迟顎侥谤路补迟别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of inveterate1

First recorded in 1375鈥1425; late Middle English, from Latin 颈苍惫别迟别谤腻迟耻蝉 (past participle of 颈苍惫别迟别谤腻谤别 鈥渢o grow old, allow to grow old, preserve鈥), equivalent to in- in- 2 + veter- (stem of vetus 鈥渙ld鈥) + -腻迟耻蝉 -ate 1; veteran
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of inveterate1

C16: from Latin 颈苍惫别迟别谤腻迟耻蝉 of long standing, from 颈苍惫别迟别谤腻谤别 to make old, from in- 虏 + vetus old
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The president is having a mental breakdown in 鈥淪ymphony of Rats,鈥 a 1988 fever dream by the inveterate theatrical bad boy Richard Foreman.

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Trump is an inveterate liar about his fortune.

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An inveterate fern fanatic, Steffen highly recommends their form and soft texture for the romantic garden.

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An inveterate fabulist who remains terrified of his father, Casimir seems to have invented the wife and three children whom the family has never met.

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The role of Celie, however, remains consistent 鈥 one of inveterate trauma, stretched over decades of abuse by first her stepfather, then her husband, until she manufactures the strength to stand on her own.

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