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English → English (gcide) Definition: Inveteracy Inveteracy \In*vet"er*a*cy\, n. [From Inveterate.] [1913 Webster] 1. Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error. [1913 Webster] An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to contract more. --A. Tucker. [1913 Webster] 2. Malignity; spitefulness; virulency. [1913 Webster] The rancor of pamphlets, the inveteracy of epigrams, and the mortification of lampoons. --Guardian. [1913 Webster]