- Compulsive - Incorrigible - Old; long-established. - Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate;
deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate
abuse. - Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed;
habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker. - Malignant; virulent; spiteful. - To fix and settle by long continuance.
- 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. - Malignity; spitefulness; virulency.