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custom
English
Etymology
From Middle English custume, borrowed from Anglo-Norman custume, from Old French coustume, from a Vulgar Latin *c?nsu?t?men or *cost?men, from Latin c?nsu?t?dinem, accusative singular of c?nsu?t?d? (“custom, habit”), from c?nsu?sc? (“accustom, habituate”), from con- (“with”) + su?sc? (“become used or accustomed to”). First element con- derives from cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“with, along”). Second element su?sc? is from Proto-Indo-European *swe-d?h?-sk-, from *swé (“self”) + *d?eh?- (“to put, place, set”); related to Latin suus (“one's own, his own”). Displaced native Middle English wune, wone (“custom, habit, practice”) (from Old English wuna (“custom, habit, practice, rite”)), Middle English side, sid (“custom”) (from Old English sidu, sido (“custom, note, manner”)), Middle English cure (“custom, choice, preference”) (from Old English cyre (“choice, choosing, free will”)). Doublet of costume and consuetude.
Adjective form circa 1830.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?st?m/
Noun
custom (countable and uncountable, plural customs)
- Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
- Moved beyond his custom, Gama said
- Traditional beliefs or rituals
- (Britain) Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, factory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
- September 28, 1710, Joseph Addison, The Whig Examiner No. 3
- Let him have your custom, but not your votes.
- September 28, 1710, Joseph Addison, The Whig Examiner No. 3
- (law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
- (obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
- (archaic, uncountable) Toll, tax, or tribute.
- 1769, Bible, Authorised King James Version, Oxford standard text, Romans, xiii, 7:
- Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
- 1769, Bible, Authorised King James Version, Oxford standard text, Romans, xiii, 7:
Synonyms
Translations
Adjective
custom (not comparable)
- Created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made.
- My feet are very large, so I need custom shoes.
- Own, personal, not standard or premade.
- We can embroider a wide range of ready designs or a custom logo.
- (archaic) Accustomed; usual.
Derived terms
- custom-made
- custom-written
Related terms
- custom made
See also
- Thesaurus:custom-made
Translations
Verb
custom (third-person singular simple present customs, present participle customing, simple past and past participle customed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make familiar; to accustom.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gray to this entry?)
- (transitive, obsolete) To supply with customers.
- (transitive, obsolete) To pay the customs of.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To have a custom.
Related terms
- consuetude
- costumal
- costume
- customary
- customer
- customization
- customize
Further reading
- custom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- custom in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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customary
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?st?m(?)?i/
Noun
customary (plural customaries)
- A book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.
Translations
Adjective
customary (comparative more customary, superlative most customary)
- In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage
- Synonyms: conventional, habitual
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- Holding or held by custom
Synonyms
- wont
Derived terms
- customarily
Related terms
- consuetude
- costumal
- costume
- custom
- customer
- customization
- customize
Translations
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