Noun

(en noun)

An action done on a regular basis.

* Washington Irving

a man of very shy, retired habits

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An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.

A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.

A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.

(archaic) Outward appearance; attire; dress.

* Shakespeare

Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy.

* Addison

There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits .

* 1719 , (Daniel Defoe), (Robinson Crusoe)

it was always my fate to choose for the worse, so I did here; for having money in my pocket and good clothes upon my back, I would always go on board in the habit of a gentleman; and so I neither had any business in the ship, or learned to do any.

(botany) form of growth or general appearance of a variety or species of plant, e.g. erect, prostrate, bushy.

An addiction.