inveteracy

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for inveteracy

inveteracy 🔊

inveteracy : ඇබ්බැහි වුණු දේ

inveteracy definition

Noun.

  1. 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.
  2. Malignity; spitefulness; virulency.