adjective, noun
adjective [notbeforenoun] ~ (to do sth) (old-fashioned, formal) in the habit of doing sth:
He was wont to fall asleep after supper.
noun [sing.] (old-fashioned, formal) something a person often does
SYNHABIT:
She got up early, as was her wont.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for wont is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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