habited
habited Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Dressed or attired in a specified manner, or wearing a religious or riding habit.
"A procession of habited monks walked silently through the abbey cloisters."
Lived in or occupied by people or animals; inhabited (now rare or archaic).
"The expedition trekked for weeks before reaching the nearest habited valley."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse 'habited' (most commonly meaning dressed or attired, especially in a religious habit) with 'inhabited' (lived in or occupied). While 'habited' is occasionally used as a rare or archaic synonym for 'inhabited', modern standard English strongly prefers 'inhabited' for populated places.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English from the noun 'habit' (via Old French from Latin 'habitus', meaning 'condition, appearance, or dress') plus the suffix '-ed'. The rarer sense meaning 'lived in' derives separately from Old French 'habiter' (to dwell).