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duds
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?dz/
- Rhymes: -?dz
Noun
duds
- plural of dud
Noun
duds pl (plural only)
- (New England, Britain, informal, dated) Clothing, especially for work or of rough appearance.
- 1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)
- I looked at what I could see of my rough blue duds, which I had plenty of opportunity of contrasting with the gay attire of the citizens we had come across; […]
- 1997, Skiing (volume 50, number 4)
- We were hard-pressed to find anyone who actually skis in these designer duds, but someone's buying the stuff: Hilfiger's ski and boardwear line grosses around $25 million per year […]
- 1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)
Synonyms
- (clothing):
- (standard): clothes, clothing, outfit
- (slang): garb, kit, togs
Derived terms
- dudded up
Translations
Anagrams
- Sudd, sudd
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habit
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hæb?t/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?hæb?t/
- Rhymes: -æb?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habe? (“I have, hold, keep”). Replaced Middle English abit, from Old French abit, itself from the same Latin source. Displaced native Old English þ?aw.
Noun
habit (countable and uncountable, plural habits)
- An action performed on a regular basis.
- Synonym: wont
- a man of very shy, retired habits
- An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
- A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
- A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.
- (archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress.
- There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits.
- (botany, mineralogy) Form of growth or general appearance of a variety or species of plant or crystal.
- An addiction.
Related terms
- exhibit
- habitual
- habituate
- habitus
- inhibit
- prohibit
Derived terms
- eating habit
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English habiten, from Old French habiter, from Latin habit?re, present active infinitive of habit? (“I dwell, abide, keep”), frequentative of habe? (“I have, hold, keep”); see have.
Verb
habit (third-person singular simple present habits, present participle habiting, simple past and past participle habited)
- (transitive) To clothe.
- (transitive, archaic) To inhabit.
Related terms
- habitat
- habitation
Translations
Further reading
- habit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- habit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Ba'thi
Albanian
Etymology
According to Orel, borrowed from a South Slavic language and ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *xabiti (“to spoil, to waste”). Compare Old Church Slavonic ?????? (xabiti), Serbo-Croatian habiti (“damage, destroy”), and Bulgarian ???? (habja, “destroy, spend; blunt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ha?bit/
Verb
habit (first-person singular past tense habita, participle habitur)
- I surprise
- I astonish
- (Gheg; northern Albania and Kosovo) I distract, confuse
Derived terms
- habi
- habitshëm
- habitur
- habitje
- habitore
References
French
Etymology
From Old French habit, abit, borrowed from Latin habitus.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi/
Noun
habit m (plural habits)
- article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
Derived terms
- l'habit ne fait pas le moine
Related terms
- habiller
- habillement
Descendants
- ? German: Habit
Further reading
- “habit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Noun
habit m (oblique plural habiz or habitz, nominative singular habiz or habitz, nominative plural habit)
- Alternative form of abit
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xa.b?it/
Noun
habit m inan
- habit (clothing worn by monks and nuns)
Declension
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