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Definitions for Wonted

[1] accustomed; habituated; used.
[2] customary, habitual, or usual: He took his wonted place in the library.
[3] accustomed; used (usually followed by an infinitive): He was wont to rise at dawn.
[4] custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.
[5] to accustom (a person), as to a thing: That summer wonted me to a lifetime of early rising.
[6] to render (a thing) customary or usual (usually used passively).
[7] to be wont.
[8] (postpositive) accustomed or habituated (to doing something)
[9] (prenominal) customary; usual she is in her wonted place
[10] (postpositive) accustomed (to doing something) he was wont to come early
[11] a manner or action habitually employed by or associated with someone (often in the phrases as is my wont, as is his wont, etc)
[12] (when tr, usually passive) to become or cause to become accustomed

Words related to Wonted

accustomed, common, conventional, customary, familiar, habitual, regular, typical, habituated

Words nearby Wonted

wonga-wonga, wonk, wonky, wonna, wont, wonted, woo, woo-hoo, woo-woo, wood, wood alcohol

Origin of Wonted

1300–50; (adj.) Middle English wont, woned, Old English gewunod, past participle of gewunian to be used to (see won2); cognate with German gewöhnt; (v.) Middle English, back formation from wonted or wont (past participle); (noun) apparently from conflation of wont (past participle) with obsolete wone wish, in certain stereotyped phrases

Words that may be confused with Wonted

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, wontwant, wont, won't, wont

Other words from Wonted

wont·ed·ly , adverb
wont·ed·ness , noun
wont·less , adjective

Word origin for Wonted

Old English gewunod, past participle of wunian to be accustomed to; related to Old High German wunēn (German wohnen ), Old Norse una to be satisfied; see wean 1 , wish , winsome

Synonyms for Wonted

accustomed, common, conventional, customary, familiar, habitual, habituated, regular, typical