inveterate

== English == === Etymology === The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1574; borrowed from Latin inveterātus (“of long standing, chronic”), perfect passive participle of inveterō and participial adjective (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, into”) + veterō (“to age”), from vetus, veteris (“old”). Cognate with Italian inveterato, French invétéré. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɛtəɹɪt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvetəɹɪt/ Rhymes: -ɛtəɹɪt Hyphenation: in‧vet‧er‧ate === Adjective === inveterate (comparative more inveterate, superlative most inveterate) Firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing. Synonym: long-standing Hypernym: everlasting Antonyms: transient, temporary, momentary, fleeting; impermanent, shifting; acute; novel Near-synonyms: deep-rooted, ingrained, ineradicable, indelible, radicated, chronic, permanent (of a person) Having had a habit (usually a bad habit) for a long time. Antonyms: casual, sometime, occasional, dilettante Coordinate terms: established; devoted Near-synonyms: hardened, chronic, dyed-in-the-wool Malignant; virulent; spiteful. 1765–70, Henry Brooke, The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland This his lordship perused with a countenance, and scrutiny, apparently inveterate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== inveteracy inveterately ==== Translations ==== === Verb === inveterate (third-person singular simple present inveterates, present participle inveterating, simple past and past participle inveterated) (obsolete) To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench. 1640, Edward Dacres, translation of The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Chapter XIX [1]: "none of these Princes do use to maintaine any armies together, which are annex'd and inveterated with the governments of the provinces, as were the armies of the Roman Empire. " 1851 January, author unknown, "The Philosophy of the American Union, in The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, page 16: "The foregoing elements of disunion are inveterated by the constituent formation of our national legislature. In the French chambers the members are all Frenchmen ; but our members of Congress are effectively Georgians, New-Yorkers, Carolinians, Pennsylvanians, &c." ==== Related terms ==== === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “inveterate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “inveterate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Everettian, entreative == Italian == === Adjective === inveterate feminine plural of inveterato === Anagrams === eternatevi, ritenevate == Latin == === Participle === inveterāte vocative masculine singular of inveterātus