consuetude

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/ˈkɒnswɪtjuːd/

noun

Custom, familiarity.

OriginMiddle English consuetude ← Middle French consuetude ← Old French consuetude →
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Meanings

nounconsuetude (countable and uncountable, plural consuetudes)

plural consuetudes

  1. countablerareuncountableCustom, familiarity.

    “the stain hath become engrained by time and consuetude; let thy reformation be cautious, as it is just and wise.”

    1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

Origin

  1. Latincōnsuētūdō
  2. Old Frenchconsuetude
  3. Middle Frenchconsuetude
  4. Middle Englishconsuetude
  5. Englishconsuetude

From Middle English consuetude, from Middle French consuetude, from Old French consuetude, learnedly borrowed from Latin cōnsuētūdō. Doublet of costume, custom, and kastom.

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Translations

Spanish consuetud
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APA

consuetude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consuetude

MLA

“consuetude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consuetude. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consuetude,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consuetude.

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