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ingrained(dictionary)

ingrained (iou)



ingrained adjective. E16.
[Orig. from INGRAIN verb + -ED1; later from IN adverb + GRAINED adjective2.]
1. In the inmost texture; deeply rooted, inveterate. E16.
G. K. Chesterton It was an ingrained simplicity and arrogance. P. Roth Out of the oldest and most ingrained of habits, I wanted to please them.
2. Of a person: thorough. M17.
ingrainedly adverb M19.