SUPREME WORD DU JOUR: WONTED

 SUPREME WORD DU JOUR: WONTED

 

PRONOUNCIATION:

(WON-tid)

MEANING:

(adjective): Usual; accustomed.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Middle English woned, wont (accustomed), past participle of wonen (to be used to, dwell). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wen- (to desire or to strive for), which is also the source of wish, win, Venus, overweening, venerate, venison, and banyan, venial, and ween. Earliest documented use: 1408.

USAGE:

"With wonted grace, Carey concedes that mass hunger is a seemly matter for clerical concern."
Matthew Norman; By George, Dr Carey's Right!; The Independent (London, UK); Feb 26, 2014.

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