assuefaction

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæ.swɪˈfæk.ʃən/
  • (General American) /ˌæ.swəˈfæk.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

assuefaction (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) habituation
   • 1716, Sir Thomas Browne, Christian Morals:

     Forget not how assuefaction unto any thing minorates the passion from it, how constant Objects loose their hints, and steal an inadvertisement upon us.