hab·i·tude /ˈhæbəˌtud, ˌtjud/
 體質,性質,氣質,習俗,習慣
 Hab·i·tude n.
 1. Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations.
    The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes one to another.   --Locke.
    The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than their habitudes of thinking.   --Landor.
 2. Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.
    To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company.   --Dryden.
 3. Habit of body or of action.
    It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without an infinite number of acts and perpetual practice.   --Dryden.
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 habitude
      n : habitual mode of behavior