Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HA-BIT'U-AL, a. [Fr. habituel, from habit.]

1. Formed or acquired by habit, frequent use or custom. Art is properly an habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims. South.
2. Customary; according to habit; as, the habitual practice of sin; the habitual exercise of holy affections. It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to be grateful for the most common blessings. Buckminster.
3. Formed by repeated impressions; rendered permanent by continued causes; as, an habitual color of the skin. S. S. Smith.