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wont¹

  • /wʌnt/ UK
  • /wəʊnt/ UK
  • /wɒnt/ UK
  • /wʌnt/ US
  • /wɑnt/ US
  • /wɔnt/ US
  • /woʊnt/ US
  • /wʊnt/

Sounds like want (one spelling pronunciation), won't (one spelling pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ʌnt, -əʊnt, -ɒnt, -ɔːnt

Where it comes from

From Middle English wont, from Old English ġewunod, past participle of ġewunian (“to be accustomed to, dwell”), the noun sense possibly arising via conflation of wone (“custom, habit, practice”) and the adjective wont.

Compare German Low German Gewohnte (“custom, habit”), Dutch gewoonte, Swedish van. Likely related to wone, wonder, wean, and win.

noun wonts

  1. archaic, humorous, uncountable, usually One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice. He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont.

    Similar: wone, habit, routine, ritual

wont²

  • /wʌnt/ UK
  • /wəʊnt/ UK
  • /wɒnt/ UK
  • /wʌnt/ US
  • /wɑnt/ US
  • /wɔnt/ US
  • /woʊnt/ US
  • /wʊnt/

Sounds like want (one spelling pronunciation), won't (one spelling pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ʌnt, -əʊnt, -ɒnt, -ɔːnt

Where it comes from

From Middle English wont, iwoned, from Old English ġewunod, past participle of ġewunian. Cognate with German gewohnt and Dutch gewend.

adjective

  1. not comparable Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something). He is wont to complain loudly about his job.

    Similar: disposed, fain, prone, apt, bain, forward, inclined, liable, minded, ready, predisposed, propense

wont³

  • /wʌnt/ UK
  • /wəʊnt/ UK
  • /wɒnt/ UK
  • /wʌnt/ US
  • /wɑnt/ US
  • /wɔnt/ US
  • /woʊnt/ US
  • /wʊnt/

Sounds like want (one spelling pronunciation), won't (one spelling pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ʌnt, -əʊnt, -ɒnt, -ɔːnt

Where it comes from

From Middle English wonten (“to accustom”), from wont (adjective). See above.

verb wonts · wonting · wonted

  1. archaic, transitive To make (someone) used to; to accustom. I have heard it remarked by the old farmers, that when beasts are first transferred from one place to another, that if they keep them without food for two or three days, it will go far towards wonting them to their new situation.
  2. archaic, intransitive To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something). What be the ſweet delights of learning a treaſure, / That wont with Comick ſock to beautify / The painted Theaters, and fill with pleaſure / The liſtners eyes, and eares with melodie; […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: habit, use, habitual, usual, accustomed, custom, heretofore, customary, coutume, habituated, used, prone, apt, inclined, trained, practice

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noun habitual way of doing things

Españolcostumbre
Portuguêshábito
Françaishabitude, coutume
DeutschGewohnheit
Italianoabitudine
Românăobicei
Русскийпривы́чка privýčka

adj accustomed or apt

Españolhabituado, acostumbrado, avezado
Portuguêsacostumado, apto
Françaishabitué
Deutschgewohnt
Italianoabituato, avvezzo
Русскийпривы́кший privýkšij, имеющий обыкнове́ние imejuščij obyknovénije

verb to make (someone) used to; to accustom

Françaishabituer
Italianoabituare, familiarizzare, avvezzare
Русскийприучать priučatʹ

verb to be accustomed

Españolacostumbrar, soler
Portuguêssoer, acostumar
Françaisêtre habitué
Italianosolere, essere soliti
Русскийиме́ть привычку imétʹ

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  title = {wont},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wont},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}