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.

(in-VET-ehr-it)

adjective
Firmly established; habitual.

Etymology
From Middle English, from Latin inveteratus, past participle of inveterare (to grow old), in-, + vetus, stem of veter- (old). Ultimately from Indo-European root wet- (year) that is also the source of such words as veteran, veal (in the sense of yearling), and veterinary (relating to the beasts of burden, perhaps alluding to old cattle)

Usage
"Men met each other with erected look, The steps were higher that they took; Friends to congratulate their friends made haste, And long inveterate foes saluted as they pass'd." — John Dryden; Threnodia Augustalis; 1685.

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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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