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'havior

'havior noun: behaviour; demeanor.

Noun

'havior

  1. (obsolete) behaviour; demeanor
    • Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, / Nor customary suits of solemn black, / Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, / No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, / Nor the dejected 'havior of the visage, / Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, / That can denote me truly...;1599, William Shakespeare, “Act 1, Scene 2”, in Hamlet
    • Her who had made him a pastime, bridging the winter across
      With a masque, a foolery petty and vain, amusing herself with his loss,—
      God! it had been but an insult throughout, her ’havior so sisterly free1897, Julia Ditto Young, The Story of Saville, Part 6

Origin of 'havior

From Middle English havour, a corruption of Old French aveir, avoir (“a having”), of same origin as English aver (“a workhorse”). The h is due to confusion with have.

Questions about 'havior

What does 'havior mean?
'havior means behaviour; demeanor.
What part of speech is 'havior?
'havior is a noun.

Words near 'havior in the dictionary

  1. 'grammers
  2. 'gramming
  3. 'grams
  4. 'groid
  5. 'groids
  6. 'havior
  7. 'hem
  8. 'ho
  9. 'hon
  10. 'hood
  11. 'hoods

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