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adj
Of or pertaining to consuetude; of an unwritten law established by usage, derived by immemorial custom from antiquity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
consuetudinary
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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History
Etymology tree Latin cōnsuētūdō Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English consuetudinous From Latin cōnsuētūdō (oblique stem cōnsuētūdin-) + English -ous, from cōnsuēscō + -tūdō, from con- + suēscō. By surface analysis, consuetude + -ous.
