assuetude

== English == === Etymology === From Latin assuetudo, from assuetus (“accustomed”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæ.swɪˌtjuːd/ (General American) /ˈæ.swəˌtud/ Rhymes: -æswɪtjuːd === Noun === assuetude (countable and uncountable, plural assuetudes) (archaic) Accustomedness; habit. The condition of an organism that has acquired tolerance of a drug or poison. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “assuetude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.