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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
habit From the web:
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mallee
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mali/
- (Australian, General American) IPA(key): /?mæli/
- Hyphenation: mal?lee
Etymology 1
Probably borrowed from Wemba-Wemba mali; compare Woiwurrung mali.
Noun
mallee (plural mallees)
- (Australia) A type of scrubland with low-growing thick eucalypts, characteristic of certain parts of Australia. [from 19th c.]
- (Australia) Any semi-desert region of Australia where such scrub is the predominant vegetation. [from 19th c.]
- 1985, Peter Carey, chapter 4, in Illywhacker, St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, ?ISBN; republished Faber and Faber, 2003, ?ISBN, page 365:
- It made no difference that he had also invented several ploughs and a device for grubbing Mallee country or that people had journeyed all the way from Melbourne to inspect them.
- 1985, Peter Carey, chapter 4, in Illywhacker, St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, ?ISBN; republished Faber and Faber, 2003, ?ISBN, page 365:
- (Australia) Any of several low-growing eucalypts characteristic of such scrubland, especially Eucalyptus dumosa, Eucalyptus oleosa, and Eucalyptus socialis. [from 19th c.]
- (botany, Australia) The growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, shared by species of related genera.
- 1978 June, Eliseo O. Mariani; Warren A. Wood; Paul C. Kouchoukos; Mary Beth Minton; Marelco, Inc., “Introduction” and “The Eucalypts”, in The Eucalyptus Energy Farm: Feasibility Study and Demonstration: Phase 1: Site and Species Selection (HCP/T2557-01), Washington, D.C.: Division of Solar Technology, Office of Energy Technology, United States Department of Energy, OCLC 4093594:
- [page 1-4, section 1.3] Of the many variations in form of the Eucalyptus (shrubs, mallees, trees, etc.), virtually all species being tested in the above category are those which exhibit good tree form (e.g., height, straightness of trunk, etc.).
- [page 2-1, section 2.2] Shrubby eucalypts are usually referred to as "mallees" although the term strictly applies to those species which have many stems growing from an enlarged rootstock (lignotuber).
- 1978 June, Eliseo O. Mariani; Warren A. Wood; Paul C. Kouchoukos; Mary Beth Minton; Marelco, Inc., “Introduction” and “The Eucalypts”, in The Eucalyptus Energy Farm: Feasibility Study and Demonstration: Phase 1: Site and Species Selection (HCP/T2557-01), Washington, D.C.: Division of Solar Technology, Office of Energy Technology, United States Department of Energy, OCLC 4093594:
Derived terms
- mallee bird, mallee fowl, malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)
- mallee ringneck (Australian ringneck; Barnardius zonarius)
- mallee roller
- mallee soil
Etymology 2
See mali.
Noun
mallee (plural mallees)
- (India, South Asia) Alternative spelling of mali (“a native gardener”).
Further reading
- mallee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- mallee (habit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Noun
mallee
- vocative singular of malleus
mallee From the web:
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- what is mallee country
- what do mallee fowl eat
- what is mallee wood
- what is mallee burl
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