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Definition of Inveteracy
1. n. Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error.
Definition of Inveteracy
1. Noun. The state of being inveterate; long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted persistence. ¹
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Definition of Inveteracy
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Medical Definition of Inveteracy
1. 1. Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error. "An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to contract more." (A. Tucker) 2. Malignity; spitefulness; virulency. "The rancor of pamphlets, the inveteracy of epigrams, an the mortification of lampoons." (Guardian) Origin: From Inveterate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inveteracy
Literary usage of Inveteracy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1807)
"... or, if from the inveteracy of long continued habits he find that impossible,
let him confine his molestations against the peace of the reading world, ..."
2. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin (1819)
"inveteracy of the queen against Davison.—Robert Cecil appointed assistant
secretary.—Private marriage of Essex.—Anger of the queen. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin (1818)
"inveteracy of the queen against Damson.—Robert Cecil appointed assistant
secretary.—Private marriage of Essex.—Anger of the queen. ..."
4. Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century by Pardoe (Julia) (1855)
"The Dauphin; his Betrothal—Court Appointment of Madame de Maintenon—inveteracy
of Madame de ... inveteracy ..."
5. Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1848)
"Cruelty of the French Troops, and inveteracy of the Spaniards—Successes of the
Invaders.—Defeat of Rio Secco.—Exultation of Napoleon. ..."
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