| Etymology: () From Middle English Old French habit Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”) habeō (“I have, hold, keep”); see have. |
| Synonyms: addiction, bent, bias, constitution, consuetude, convention, custom, dependence, disposition, fashion, fixation, fixed attitude, frame of mind, gravitation, groove, habitude, hangup, impulsion, inclination |