wonted
English
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", also "usual, wonted”), from Proto-Germanic *wunô (“custom, practice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenə- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Old Frisian wona, wuna (“custom”), Old High German giwona (“custom”). More at wont, wone.
Pronunciation
Adjective
wonted (comparative more wonted, superlative most wonted)
- Usual, customary, habitual, or accustomed.
- 2008, William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes:
- Superficially, the affairs of 'Every Other Week' settled into their wonted form again, and for Fulkerson they seemed thoroughly reinstated.
- 2008, Lodovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso:
- But not with wonted welcome;—inly moved [...]
- 1929, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz: illustrative of every-day life and every-day people:
- Rose Villa has once again resumed its wonted appearance; the dining-room furniture has been replaced; the tables are as nicely polished as formerly; the horsehair chairs are ranged against the wall, as regularly as ever [...]
- 2008, William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes: