Habit

/ˈhæbɪt/ noun

Definition

A habit is something you do regularly, often without thinking, because you have repeated it many times. Habits can be helpful, like brushing your teeth, or harmful, like biting your nails.

Etymology

From Old French “habit,” from Latin “habitus,” meaning “condition, appearance, way of being,” from “habere,” “to have, hold.” It once also meant clothing, as in a monk’s habit.

Kelly Says

Habit began as the way you “have” or “hold” yourself—your state, even your clothing. Now it’s the invisible outfit your actions wear every day, built stitch by stitch from repetition.

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