— wontless , adj.
/wawnt, wohnt, wunt/ , adj., n., v., wont, wont or wonted, wonting .
adj.
1. accustomed; used (usually fol. by an infinitive): He was wont to rise at dawn.
n.
2. custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.
v.t.
3. to accustom (a person), as to a thing.
4. to render (a thing) customary or usual (usually used passively).
v.i.
5. Archaic. to be wont.
[ 1300-50; (adj.) ME wont, woned, OE gewunod, ptp. of gewunian to be used to (see WON 2 ); c. G gewöhnt; (v.) ME, back formation from WONTED or wont (ptp.); (n.) appar. from conflation of wont (ptp.) with obs. wone wish, in certain stereotyped phrases ]
Syn. 1. habituated, wonted. 2. use.
Ant. 1. unaccustomed.