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   inveterate

   /ɪnˈvɛt(ə)rət/

   adjective

   • 1. having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change: "an inveterate gambler" Similar ingraineddeep-seateddeep-rooteddeep-setentrenchedestablishedlong-establishedcongenitalineradicableincurableirredeemable
   • ▪ (of a feeling or habit) long-established and unlikely to change: "the inveterate hostility between the two countries was not easily eradicated" Similar confirmedhardenedchronichardcoreincorrigiblehabitualaddictedcompulsiveobsessiveobsessionalinformal:pathologicalhookedstaunchsteadfastcommitteddevoteddedicateddeep-dyeddyed-in-the-woolthoroughthoroughgoingout and outdiehardlong-standing

   Word Origin late Middle English (referring to disease, in the sense ‘of long standing, chronic’): from Latin inveteratus ‘made old’, past participle of inveterare (based on vetus, veter- ‘old’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. inveteracy noun
   • 2. inveterately adverb

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