4 October 2016
inveterate
[in-vet-er-it]
adjective
1. settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like:
an inveterate gambler.
2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.; chronic.
Origin of inveterate
late Middle English Latin
1375-1425; late Middle English < Latin inveterātus (past participle of inveterāre to grow old, allow to grow old, preserve), equivalent to in- in-2+ veter- (stem of vetus) old + -ātus -ate1; cf. veteran
Related forms
inveterately, adverb
inveterateness, noun
Synonyms
1. hardened, constant, habitual. 2. set, fixed, rooted.
Dictionary.
Examples from the Web for inveterate
Contemporary Examples
This inveterate list maker also loved minutiae; in his copious account books, he kept track of every cent he ever spent.
Companies Discover Untapped Brainpower: Autistics
Joshua Kendall
July 20, 2013
As an inveterate art-fair visitor, I have become obsessed by what kind of footwear to bring.
Venice by Foot
Bettina Von Hase
June 9, 2009
The inveterate self-promoter readily understood that all publicity is good publicity.
Publishing’s Founding Father
Joshua Kendall
June 30, 2011
Historical Examples
She succeeded in what is called drawing out the inveterate solitary.
Spare Hours
John Brown
But this method has against it the most inveterate habits of the mind.
Creative Evolution
Henri Bergson
Austria, on the other hand, had been an old and inveterate rival of France in the race for territorial extension.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
William Milligan Sloane
Anagram
irate event
trainee vet
native tree
it never ate
Today’s quote
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
– Albert Einstein
On this day
4 October 1669 – death of Rembrandt, famous Dutch painter. Born 15 July 1606.
4 October 1927 – commencement of Mt Rushmore sculptures near Keystone, South Dakota. It is a sculpture carved into the granite face of the mountain. The sculpture features the faces of four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Construction finished on 31 October 1941 because funding ran out. It was the brainchild of Doane Robinson. The carvings are 18m (60′) high and were carved by Gutzon Borglum and a team of 400 workers.
4 October 1931 – The comic strip, Dick Tracy, makes its debut in the Detroit Mirror and is distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News syndicate. The cartoon was created by Chester Gould who continued to draw it until 1977.
4 October 1970 – death of Janis Joplin. American singer-songwriter. She was 27. Born 19 January 1943.