Assuetude
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæ.swɪˌtjuːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Assuetude is a noun meaning The condition of an organism that has acquired tolerance of a drug or poison.
Meaning
The condition of an organism that has acquired tolerance of a drug or poison.
More Meanings
- (archaic) Accustomedness; habit.
Example Sentences
Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt.
The boy had been his companion for years: and from assuetude had become, as it were, a part of himself.
My flesh writhed like the glutinous flesh of a serpent. Slowly moved, and stopped: -- then was a sweep -- and a swirl -- and a pause! then a swirl -- and a sweep -- and a pause! -- then steady industry of labour on the monstrous brazen axis, as the husbandman plods by the plough; then increase of zest, assuetude of a fledgeling to the wing -- then intensity -- then the last light ecstasy of flight.
Word Forms
- assuetudes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include assuefaction, consuetudinary, habit, usuage, abiding, quietage.
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