wonted

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. adjective commonly used or practiced; usual

Etymology

From Middle English woonted (“usual, customary”), from wont (“custom, habit, practice”), alteration of wone (“custom, habit, practice”), from Old English wuna (“custom, habit, practice; usual, wonted”), from Proto-Germanic *wunô (“custom, practice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Old Frisian wona, wuna (“custom”), Old High German giwona (“custom”). More at wont, wone.

In classic literature

Synonyms

accustomed, customary, habitual

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