Word
Inveteracy
How many syllables?
5 Syllables
How it's divided?
in-vet-er-a-cy
Definition
- n. - 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.
- n. - Malignity; spitefulness; virulency.
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