Definition of WONT

wont

Meanings

Plural: wonts

Noun

  • an established custom
  • One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.

Adj

  • Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).

Verb

  • To make (someone) used to; to accustom.
  • To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something).

Origin / Etymology

From Old English gewunod, past participle of ġewunian (“to be accustomed to, dwell”), possibly as a conflation of wone (“custom, habit, practice”) and wont (participle adjective, below).
Compare German Low German Gewohnte (“custom, habit”), Dutch gewoonte, Swedish van. Likely related to wone, wonder, wean, and win.

Synonyms

habit, ritual, routine, wone

Scrabble Score: 7

wont is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 8

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