Batista was an inveterate philanderer who engaged in numerous extramarital affairs throughout his first marriage. Elder was known as an inveterate prankster. The Englishman Bonaparte Blenkins is an inveterate liar and confidence trickster. Atticus was an inveterate opponent of Stoicism and philosophic pretensions. Benjamin was an inveterate gambler, however. Cao was recorded as an inveterate drinker. She grows up to become a kleptomaniac, inveterate liar, and eventually a murderess. Oldenburg was an inveterate and well-known gambler. Many of them were inveterate gamblers and brawlers. Both were inveterate gamblers and had serious health problems. Charles de Noailles was an inveterate gardener. Fred is often annoyed by Barney's inveterate cheerfulness, but he does truly care for him. Wallace is an inveterate inventor, creating elaborate contraptions that often do not work as intended. A number of Round Tablers were inveterate practical jokers, constantly pulling pranks on one another. Throughout his life Smith was an inveterate collector.