All 3 Uses of
chronic
in
The Fountainhead
- It was a chronic attribute, pervading his entire person.†
Chpt 4.6 *
- The tone of chronic impatience that ran words together had not altered to pronounce this.†
Chpt 4.10
- The fear of which they thought was not the normal kind, not a response to a tangible danger, but the chronic, unconfessed fear in which they all lived.†
Chpt 4.18
Definitions:
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(1)
(chronic) of something bad: long-lasting or happening all the time -- especially of disease
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, Chronics is a proper noun referring to an Italian pop and punk band.