Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - inveterate
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If you describe someone as, for example, an inveterate liar or smoker, you mean that they have lied or smoked for a long time and are not likely to stop doing it. ...an inveterate gambler. ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inveteratus, from past participle of inveterare to age (v.t.), from in- + veter-, vetus old — more at wether Date: 14th century 1. firmly established by long persistence the ~ tendency to overlook the obvious 2. confirmed in a habit ; habitual an ~ liar • ~ly adverb Synonyms: ~, confirmed, chronic mean firmly established. ~ applies to a habit, attitude or feeling of such long existence as to be practically ineradicable or unalterable an ~ smoker. confirmed implies a growing stronger and firmer with time so as to resist change or reform a confirmed bachelor. chronic suggests something that is persistent or endlessly recurrent and troublesome a chronic complainer. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 (of a person) confirmed in an (esp. undesirable) habit etc. (an inveterate gambler). 2 a (of a habit etc.) long-established. b (of an activity, esp. an undesirable one) habitual. Derivatives inveteracy n. inveterately adv. Etymology: ME f. L inveterare inveterat- make old (as IN-(2), vetus veteris old) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. закоренелый, заядлый, неисправимый inveterate smoker —- заядлый курильщик inveterate liar —- неисправимый лгун 2. застарелый, укоренившийся inveterate disease —- застарелая болезнь 3. глубоко укоренившийся; давний, древний inveterate feud —- давняя (глубоко укоренившаяся) вражда 4. простореч. злобный, ожесточенный, преисполненный ненависти ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. глубоко вкоренившийся, закоснелый, застарелый; закоренелый inveterate smoker - заядлый курильщик inveterate liar - враль ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1392, from L. inveteratus "of long standing, chronic," pp. of inveterare "become old in," from in- "in, into" + vetus (gen. veteris) "old." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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