If you're an inveterate doodler, all your notebooks are covered with drawings. If you're an inveterate golf player, you probably get twitchy if you haven't been out on a course in a week.
Old; long-established.
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Old; long-established.
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Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate;
deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate
abuse.
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Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed;
habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker.
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Malignant; virulent; spiteful.
v. t.
To fix and settle by long continuance.
Inveterate
It is an inveterate and received opinion.2.
Heal the inveterate canker of one wound.3.
Inveterate
Old; long-established.
To fix and settle by long continuance.
Usage Examples
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate they are green and vigorous in old age.
Hatred is inveterate anger.
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Other Usage ExamplesThis great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world.
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.