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   inveterate

   /ɪnˈvɛt(ə)rət/

   adjective

   • 1. having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change: "an inveterate gambler" Similar ingraineddeep-seateddeep-rooteddeep-setentrenchedestablishedlong-establishedcongenitalineradicableincurableirredeemable
   • ▪ (of a feeling or habit) long-established and unlikely to change: "the inveterate hostility between the two countries was not easily eradicated" Similar confirmedhardenedchronichardcoreincorrigiblehabitualaddictedcompulsiveobsessiveobsessionalinformal:pathologicalhookedstaunchsteadfastcommitteddevoteddedicateddeep-dyeddyed-in-the-woolthoroughthoroughgoingout and outdiehardlong-standing

   Word Origin late Middle English (referring to disease, in the sense ‘of long standing, chronic’): from Latin inveteratus ‘made old’, past participle of inveterare (based on vetus, veter- ‘old’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. inveteracy noun
   • 2. inveterately adverb

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishINVETERATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   INVETERATE definition: 1. someone who does something very often and cannot stop doing it: 2. someone who does something…. Learn more.

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   inveterate applies to a habit, attitude, or feeling of such long existence as to be practically ineradicable or unalterable. an inveterate smoker. confirmed implies a growing stronger and firmer with time so as to resist change or reform. a confirmed bachelor.

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   Inveterate definition: settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like. See examples of INVETERATE used in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishINVETERATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you describe someone as, for example, an inveterate liar or smoker, you mean that they have lied or smoked for a long time and are not likely to stop doing it. ...an inveterate gambler. ...the inveterate laziness of these boys.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryINVETERATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   INVETERATE meaning: 1. someone who does something very often and cannot stop doing it: 2. someone who does something…. Learn more.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › inveterateInveterate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Now it simply refers to something that is a signature habit with a person. If you’ve loved books ever since you were a toddler, and you regularly check out big stacks from the library, you’re an inveterate reader. And if you're an inveterate nail-biter, nothing can cure you of the habit.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › inveterateInveterate - definition of inveterate by The Free Dictionary

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   adj. 1. confirmed in a habit, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler. 2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease; chronic.