Associations to the word «Wont»

Wiktionary

WONT, noun. One’s habitual way of doing things, practice, custom.
WONT, adjective. (archaic) Accustomed or used (to or with a thing).
WONT, adjective. (designating habitual behaviour) Accustomed, apt (to doing something).
WONT, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To make (someone) used to; to accustom.
WONT, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To be accustomed.

Dictionary definition

WONT, noun. An established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats