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English

Etymology

From Latin inveteratus (“of long standing, chronic”), form of inveterare, from in- (“in, into”) + veterare (“to age”), from vetus, form of veteris (“old”); latter ancestor to veteran.

Cognate to Italian inveterato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?v?t???t/
• Rhymes: -?t???t
• Hyphenation: in?vet?er?ate

Adjective

inveterate (comparative more inveterate, superlative most inveterate)

1. firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 1, ch. 3, "Manchester Insurrection":

     a Heaven's radiance of justice, prophetic, clearly of Heaven, discernible behind all these confused worldwide entanglements, of Landlord interests, Manufacturing interests, Tory-Whig interests, and who knows what other interests, expediencies, vested interests, established possessions, inveterate Dilettantisms, Midas-eared Mammonism.

   • 1911, Morrison I. Swift, "Humanizing the Prisons," The Atlantic:

     In Montpelier, where this prison stands, the inveterate prejudice against prisoners has been swept away.

2. (of a person) Having had a habit for a long time
   • 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, ch. 45:

     [S]he offered kisses to a stranger so confidingly that the most inveterate bachelor relented.
3. Malignant; virulent; spiteful.
   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 15:

     A man of mild manners can form no idea of inveterate revenge or cruelty […]

   • 1765–70, Henry Brooke, The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland

     This his lordship perused with a countenance, and scrutiny, apparently inveterate.

Synonyms

• deep-rooted, ingrained, ineradicable, radicated, hardened, chronic

Antonyms

• casual
• transient

Related terms

• inveteracy
• inveterately

Translations

Verb

inveterate (third-person singular simple present inveterates, present participle inveterating, simple past and past participle inveterated)

1. (obsolete) To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench.
   • 1622, Francis Bacon, The History of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh:

     "the vulgar conceived that now there was an end given, and a consummation to superstitious prophecies, the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men, and to an ancient tacit expectation which had by tradition been infused and inveterated into men's minds."

   • 1640, Edward Dacres, translation of The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Chapter XIX [1]:

     "none of these Princes do use to maintaine any armies together, which are annex'd and inveterated with the governments of the provinces, as were the armies of the Roman Empire. "

   • 1851 January, author unknown, "The Philosophy of the American Union, in The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, page 16:

     "The foregoing elements of disunion are inveterated by the constituent formation of our national legislature. In the French chambers the members are all Frenchmen ; but our members of Congress are effectively Georgians, New-Yorkers, Carolinians, Pennsylvanians, &c."

Derived terms

• inveteration

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “inveterate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• inveterate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Everettian, entreative

Italian

Adjective

inveterate

1. feminine plural of inveterato

Anagrams

• eternatevi
• ritenevate

Latin

Participle

inveter?te

1. vocative masculine singular of inveter?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vétéran, from Latin veter?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?.t?.??n/, /?v?.t??n/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?v?.t??.??n], [?v?.??.??n]

Noun

veteran (plural veterans)

1. A person with long experience of a particular activity.
2. (figuratively) A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.
3. A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service; also called a war veteran to distinguish from veterans that weren't in armed conflict.

Derived terms

• veteran car
• Veterans Day

Translations

Adjective

veteran (not comparable)

1. Having had long experience, practice, or service.
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist

     “That was in Casco,” his wife contradicted immediately. She spoke in the unmistakable tones of a veteran contradictor.

2. Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.

Related terms

• inveterate

Translations

Anagrams

• Neretva, Trevena, aventre, nervate, vernate

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus (“old, veteran”), from vetus (“aged, ancient, old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vet?ra?n/, [vet???????n]

Noun

veteran c (singular definite veteranen, plural indefinite veteraner)

1. veteran

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “veteran” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “veteran” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Esperanto

Adjective

veteran

1. accusative singular of vetera

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus.

Noun

veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteraner, definite plural veteranene)

1. veteran

Derived terms

References

• “veteran” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus.

Noun

veteran m (definite singular veteranen, indefinite plural veteranar, definite plural veteranane)

1. veteran

Derived terms

References

• “veteran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Piedmontese

Noun

veteran m (plural veteran)

1. veteran

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vétéran, Latin veter?nus. Compare b?trân, a doublet inherited from the same source.

Noun

veteran m (plural veterani)

1. veteran (person who has served in the armed forces, or figuratively a person with a long experience of a particular activity; also used in the context of Ancient Rome, referring to a freed soldier granted citizenship and privileges for his service)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?et?ra?n/
• Hyphenation: ve?te?ran

Noun

vetèr?n m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. veteran

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin veter?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?t??r??n/

Noun

veteran c

1. a veteran (former member of armed forces)
2. a veteran (person with long experience)

Declension

Derived terms

• veteranbil