Definition of WONTED

wonted

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • commonly used or practiced; usual
    • "with her wonted candor"

Adj

  • Usual, customary, habitual, or accustomed.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English woonted (“usual, customary”), from wont (“custom, habit, practice”), alteration of wone (“custom, habit, practice”), from Old English wuna (“custom, habit, practice; usual, wonted”), from Proto-Germanic *wunô (“custom, practice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Old Frisian wona, wuna (“custom”), Old High German giwona (“custom”). More at wont, wone.

Scrabble Score: 10

wonted is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
wonted is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wonted is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

wonted is a valid Words With Friends word