The meaning of Inveteracies and additional information.

Inveteracy(n.) Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error.

Inveteracy(n.) Malignity; spitefulness; virulency.