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English
Etymology
From Middle English havour, from Anglo-Norman aveyr, Old French aveir.
Noun
haviour (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Demeanour, behaviour, comportment.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :No, nor the fruitful river in the eye,
Nor the dejected haviour of the visage,
Together with all forms, moods and shapes of grief,
That can denote me truly.
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 382, column 2:Put thy ſelfe
Into a hauiour of leſſe feare, ere wildneſſe
Vanquiſh my ſtayder Senſes.