Both Uses of
inveterate
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- I am an inveterate buffoon, and have been from birth up, your reverence, it's as though it were a craze in me.†
Chpt 2 *
- But as, owing to man's inveterate stupidity, this cannot come about for at least a thousand years, every one who recognizes the truth even now may legitimately order his life as he pleases, on the new principles.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(inveterate) habitual; or something of long standing