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wontedness

wontedness noun: habit; custom.

Noun

wontedness (uncountable)

  1. habit; custom
    • Over all, there is that deft, subtle knowledge of place displayed by its busy inmate, a lifelong wontedness to surroundings, indefinable and unconscious, which fascinates us, and which reminds us that the same scene may be to one habituated to it the most iterated of commonplace and to new-comers...1890, Edwin Asa Dix, A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees
    • At home we keep constantly in mind the great importance of inculcating in them a love of books and a wontedness in their use.1913, Elizabeth McCracken, The American Child

Origin of wontedness

From wonted + -ness.

Questions about wontedness

What does wontedness mean?
Wontedness means habit; custom.
What part of speech is wontedness?
Wontedness is a noun.

Words near wontedness in the dictionary

  1. Wonston
  2. wont
  3. wontcha
  4. wonted
  5. wontedly
  6. wontedness
  7. Wonthaggi
  8. wonting
  9. wontish
  10. wontless
  11. wontly

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