assuetude means Accustomedness; habit. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
ASSUETUDE — [Noun] The state of being accustomed or habituated to something, especially through prolonged exposure. From Latin assuetudo ("custom, habit"), from assuetus ("accustomed"), past participle of assuescere ("to accustom"). Unlike "habit" (which implies active repetition) or "addiction" (which suggests craving and loss of control), "assuetude" is the quiet, almost imperceptible settling into a condition—neither chosen nor resisted. It is the way the body adjusts to the cold shock of a morning swim until the water feels merely bracing, how the eye ceases to notice the crack in the ceiling after a month, or the dulling of grief into a background hum—not acceptance, but the mind’s silent treaty with the inevitable. Time makes all things ordinary.
noun
- Accustomedness; habit.“Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt.”
- The condition of an organism that has acquired tolerance of a drug or poison.“The boy had been his companion for years: and from assuetude had become, as it were, a part of himself.”