Consuetudinous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to consuetude; of an unwritten law established by usage, derived by immemorial custom from antiquity. not-comparable
"Sensual man, so attached to externals, etches the letter on his memory, clings fast to the consuetudinous, and cannot disengage himself from his delusive conceits."
- 2 consuetudinary not-comparable
Example
More examples"Sensual man, so attached to externals, etches the letter on his memory, clings fast to the consuetudinous, and cannot disengage himself from his delusive conceits."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin cōnsuētūdinis, from Latin cōnsuetudō. By surface analysis, consuetude + -in- + -ous.
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