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consueˈtudinal, a. and n.
[f. L. consuētūdin-em (see prec.) + -al1.]
A. adj. Pertaining to custom, of use and wont. spec. in Philol., esp. as the epithet of a particular mood in Celtic languages.
1656Blount Glossogr., Consuetudinal, accustomed. 1728H. MacCurtin Elem. Irish Lang. ix. 67 (heading) Of the accustomary, or consuetudinal mood. 1808‘E. O'C.’ Gram. Gaelic Lang. ii. 72 Consuetudinal or habitual mood. Present. —..I usually am, or I use to be. 1849Blackw. Mag. LXVI. 263 To uproot and destroy the ancient consuetudinal law of the kingdom. 1899Trans. Philol. Soc. 52 Sometimes -bi seems to be used as a consuetudinal present of is. 1913J. M. Jones Welsh Gram. 348 The consuetudinal present is in use in that sense in the spoken language. 1939L. H. Gray Found. Language 203 The latter [aspect] denotes the kind of action or state as..iterative, consuetudinal or usitative.
B. n.
a. = consuetudinary n.
1817T. D. Fosbroke Brit. Monachism Title-p., The Consuetudinal of Anchorets and Hermits.
b. Philol. A consuetudinal mood.
1808‘E. O'C.’ Gram. Gaelic Lang. ii. 67 The Moods are six; the Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive, Conditional, Consuetudinal, and Infinitive. 1927J. R. R. Tolkien in Year's Work Eng. Stud. 1925 34 The closest point of contact is..OE. bið, used as a consuetudinal, a future, and sometimes indistinguishably from the present. |