Meaning of INVETERACY
 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*vet"er*a*cy\, n. [From {Inveterate}.]
1. Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or
deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by
time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; --
usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or
of error.
An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to
contract more. --A. Tucker.
2. Malignity; spitefulness; virulency.
The rancor of pamphlets, the inveteracy of epigrams,
an the mortification of lampoons. --Guardian.
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