Noun: consuetude
| Singular | consuetude |
| Plural | consuetudes |
Sample Sentences
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“the stain hath become engrained by time and consuetude; let thy reformation be cautious, as it is just and wise.” [1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:]
Nouns inflected like consuetude
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English consuetude, from Middle French consuetude, from Old French consuetude, learnedly borrowed from Latin cōnsuētūdō. Doublet of costume, custom, and kastom. See: Middle English Nouns '
consuetude', Latin Nouns '
cōnsuētūdō'.