单词 | disaccustomed |
释义 | disaccustomedadj. No longer accustomed or habituated to something (cf. disaccustom v. 2). Formerly also: †no longer customary or familiar (cf. disaccustom v. 1) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not practised or used unhaunted1533 disaccustomeda1586 discustomed1605 uncultivated1685 unmaintained1885 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not used or accustomed > disaccustomed disused1530 disaccustomeda1586 weaned1670 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Mm1v Some long disaccustomed paynes. 1613 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (rev. ed.) i. xlvii. 153 Weaker in his Souldiers valour, and oflong disaccustomed from warre, and effeminated through the delights and pleasures of the Citie. 1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad iii. cvii. 67 The Trumpet shrill..Rowzes from peaces down (where long they lay) Their tickled Hearts to disaccustomed Arms. 1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay iii. 46 How strangely to her disaccustom'd ear Came even the accents of her native tongue! 1896 H. James Other House (1897) i. vi. 40 The light of admiration was in his hard young face—a visible tribute to what she showed again his disaccustomed eyes. 1924 Times 14 Oct. 15/6 The Dniester as it flows between Rumania and Russia is at all times beautiful and peaceful, but dead as regards trade, disaccustomed to barges and steamers. 1985 Compar. Lit. Stud. 22 334 The doomed Icarian eagle-angel of Tjutchev, disaccustomed to heavenly radiance, can no longer endure the direct power of the sun. 2004 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 11 Jan. d1 France, although nominally a Catholic-majority country, has long become disaccustomed to seeing religion as an all-encompassing way of life. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] disusage1475 disaccustomance1502 discustom1603 unaccustomedness1611 disaccustomedness1632 dissuetudea1639 desuetude1650 disusance1685 disuse1699 insuetude1828 unfashion1876 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. sig. Lv/2 in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Disaccustomednesse, desaccoustumance. a1676 M. Hale Disc. Provis. for Poor (1683) iii. 60 There would be gradually a Disaccustomedness to that way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1586 |
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