inveterate

adj.

1. Firmly and long established; deep-rooted: inveterate preferences.
2. Persisting in an ingrained habit; habitual: an inveterate liar. See synonyms at chronic.

[Middle English, from Latin inveterātus, past participle of inveterārī, to grow old, endure : in-, causative pref.; see in–² + vetus, veter-, old.]

inveteracy in·vet'er·a·cy (-ər-ə-sē) or in·vet'er·ate·ness n.
inveterately in·vet'er·ate·ly adv.

adjective

1. Firmly established by long standing: confirmed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, entrenched, hard-shell, ineradicable, ingrained, irradicable, set¹, settled. See continue/stop/pause.
2. Subject to a disease or habit for a long time: chronic, confirmed, habitual, habituated. See continue/stop/pause.

adj

Definition: long-standing, established
Antonyms: short-lived

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Confirmed and chronic; long-established and difficult to cure.

IN BRIEF: Habitual.

I am an inveterate homemaker, it is at once my pleasure, my recreation, and my handicap....being a woman, my work has had to be done between bouts of homemaking. — Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), U.S. author.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - indgroet, forhærdet

Nederlands (Dutch)
verstokt, ingeworteld, uit gewoonte

Français (French)
adj. - invétéré

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hartnäckig, eingefleischt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αδιόρθωτος, αμετανόητος, ριζωμένος, παγιωμένος, μανιώδης

Italiano (Italian)
inveterato, accanito

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inveterado

Русский (Russian)
закоренелый, давний

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inveterado, empedernido, arraigado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - inrotad, inbiten

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
根深的, 积习的, 成癖的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 根深的, 積習的, 成癖的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 뿌리 깊은, 상습적인, 옛적부터의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 根深い, 常習的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متأصل, راسخ, عنيد, مدمن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מושרש, עמוק, ישן, מתיישן, רע‬

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