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wont

Pronunciation: /wʌnt/

The English word “wont” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.

adjective

  1. Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).

verb

  1. To make (someone) used to; to accustom.
  2. To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something).

Etymology

From Middle English wont, from Old English ġewunod, past participle of ġewunian (“to be accustomed to, dwell”), the noun sense possibly arising via conflation of wone (“custom, habit, practice”) and the adjective wont. Compare German Low German Gewohnte (“custom, habit”), Dutch gewoonte, Swedish van. Likely related to wone, wonder, wean, and win.

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