acquaintedadj.n.

Brit.

/əˈkweɪntᵻd/, U.S.

/əˈkweɪn(t)ᵻd/

Forms:

α. early Middle English acointet, early Middle English akointed, Middle English–1500s acointed, 1500s accoynted, 1500s acoynted; Scottish pre-1700 acquyntit, pre-1700 acqyntit.

β. Middle English acquentyd, Middle English acqueyntid, Middle English akeayntyd, Middle English aqueintid, Middle English aquentid, Middle English aquentyd, Middle English aqueyntid, Middle English aqueyntyd, Middle English aqwauyntyd, Middle English aqweinted, Middle English aqweynted, Middle English aqweyntid, Middle English aqweyntyd, Middle English–1500s acqueinted, Middle English–1500s acquented, Middle English–1500s acqueynted, Middle English–1500s aqueinted, Middle English–1500s aquented, Middle English–1500s aqueynted, Middle English–1600s acquaynted, Middle English–1600s aquaynted, 1500s acqueintid, 1500s aquanted, 1500s–1600s accquainted, 1500s–1600s acquanted, 1500s–1600s aquainted, 1500s– acquainted, 1600s aqwainted; Scottish pre-1700 acquanted, pre-1700 acquayntit, pre-1700 acquented, pre-1700 acquentit, pre-1700 aquentid, pre-1700 1700s– acquainted, pre-1700 1800s acquantit.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Probably also partly a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French acointer , -ed suffix¹; acquaint v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: In quot. ?c1225 at sense A. 1 probably < Anglo-Norman and Old French acointer acquaint v. + -ed suffix¹. In later use < acquaint v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare later acquaint adj. and (with the use as noun) acquaint n.; compare also the Romance forms cited at acquaint adj. and n.Recorded earliest in the compound well acquainted adj.

A. adj.

1. Personally known to another person, or (of two or more people) to each other; being on terms of acquaintanceship with someone. Also with modifying word. Formerly also with †mid, †to.In early use indicating on friendly or intimate terms with a person; see acquaintance n. 1.well-acquainted: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > well acquainted or familiar with > (mutually) acquainted

coutha1225

acquainted?c1225

acquaintc1325

acquaintanced1832

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 162 Ach son se he eauer understont þet he beo wel acointed [c1230 Corpus Cambr. acointet; a1250 Nero akointed mid ou]. he wule forbeoren ou lesse.

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1648 (MED) To an ermite he is y-go, Þat he was ere aqueynted to.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lii. l. 931 Mochel desire I now trewelye..Aqweynted with him to be.

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 18 (MED) Y was neuer aqueinted with her.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xix. xiii Tell me I pray you hertely..how were ye acquaynted?

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxxiii. f. lxviii^v An holy man named Felix, y^e which he was firste acqueynted w^t in Fraunce.

c1535 T. Cranmer Let. 9 July in Remains (1833) I. 125 My old acquainted friend, master Shaxton.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 120 I pray you be better acquainted .

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. v. 17 We have not the honour to be acquainted with their Knightships.

1781 S. Johnson Gay in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VIII. 3 [Pope] when he became acquainted with Gay..received him into his inmost confidence.

1798 R. Southey Eng. Eclogues i, in Wks. III. 8 You did not know me, But we're acquainted now.

1805 R. Parkinson Tour in Amer. ii. xxv. 457 I had the pleasure of being acquainted with Mr. Davis, the officiating clergyman.

1882 Daily News 29 July 3/6 They had been some time acquainted, and walked out together.

1973 Publishers Weekly 8 Jan. 62/1 They get acquainted with a pair of middle-aging Jewish bachelor doctors.

2007 J. Church Hidden Moon (2008) i. 4 A man in the aisle was..staring at me. He..nodded as if we were acquainted.

2. Known widely; well-known, familiar; easily recognizable. Also with to. Now rare.In early use with reference to being known at court or a similar place of significance.well-acquainted: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] > to others

couthc1000

well acquainted?c1225

acquaintc1325

acquainted?1406

knowledgeda1475

?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle l. 178 in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 62/2 Wher was a gretter maister eek than y, Or bet aqweyntid at Westmynstre yate?

1461 C. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 199 My nevew is not ȝet verily aqweyntyd in þe Kyngys howse.

a1500 in C. T. Martin Chancery Proc. 15th Cent. in Archaeologia (1904) 59 9 Edmond is..so gretly favord and acqueynted withinne the seid towne of Lynn that what so ever ple were pleded for your seid besecher..it wer like to be tryed ageyns hym.

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie i. 2 Which preiudice in opinion being grounded vpon contentment with the acquainted euill..bewitcheth the reason of the parties seduced.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. ii. 138 That warre, or peace, or both at once, may be, As things acquainted and familiar to vs.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxv. sig. O7^v Fram'd so, in an acquainted shape, to advantage his deceit the more.

1705 C. Cibber Careless Husband iii. i. 27 She has Treated me with..such an acquainted, such a spiteful Familiarity.

1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xiv. 315 With cautious strength, did Madoc aim attack, Mastering each moment now with abler sway The acquainted sword.

1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 520 We are at home and upon acquainted ground.

1918 B. Mitchell Rise Cotton Mills in South (1921) ii. 132 (note) Answering the statement that North Carolinians were very conservative, an acquainted speaker recalled how [etc.].

3. Having personal or direct knowledge gained from experiencing something; familiar with a matter, state, etc., esp. to an extensive degree. Also with †of. Also with modifying word.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] > knowing about, familiar with

craftyOE

slyc1175

coutha1225

well acquainteda1250

privyc1300

cunningc1325

well-groundeda1438

acquainted?a1439

familiar1509

at home1531

overseen1533

intelligent1546

long-experienced1567

conversant1573

skilful1596

accomplished1603

frequent1609

well (better, best) verseda1610

understanding1612

sound1615

studieda1616

technical1617

versed1622

conversing1724

versant1787

on intimate habits1809

special1830

inquainted1849

pre-acquainted1907

sophisticated1952

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Harl. 1766) ix. l. 3404 (MED) I nevir was aqueynted with Virgyle..Nor with Ovyde, in poetrye moost entieer.

c1450 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 77 (MED) Your hert ys roted in humylyte, And aquented nothing wyth his contrarye.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. lxiii. C For Abraham knoweth vs not, nether is Israel acquanted with vs.

1570 G. Buchanan Chamæleon in Vernac. Writings (1892) 43 All that sould be familiarlie acquentit with it.

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. liii. 3 A man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefe.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 135 A king..experimentally acquainted with the ways..of flatterers.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xliv. 159 We have but one way left to make ourselves acquainted with it.

1836 R. Whately Let. in E. J. Whately Life & Corr. R. Whately (1866) I. 346 Being sure of his being better acquainted than most people in England of the real state of Irish affairs.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 67 You have kept yourself..thoroughly acquainted with English politics.

1904 Collier's 7 May 19/3 (advt.) We want to make everyone acquainted with the real qualities of Hy-Jen Tooth Paste, which is endorsed by dentists everywhere.

1953 K. von Frisch Dancing Bees 1 There are two ways by which the amateur naturalist may easily get acquainted with honey-bees.

2007 M. Byrne in I. Brown et al. Edinb. Hist. Sc. Lit. III. xviii. 180 The acquainted reader is taken back thirty years to MacThòmais's longest single poem.

†4. Accustomed to do something; familiar with something from use, possession, or experience. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > accustomed, used, or wont

wontc888

haunteda1325

accustomed1429

consuetec1503

acquainted1572

frequent1575

occasioned1576

fain1596

wontlike1601

habited1605

habituate1606

wonted1611

practised1656

1572 T. Wilson Disc. Vsurye Ep. Ded. sig. ⸿ viii^v Yf men were..acquaynted to lende freely..I woulde not doubte, but that charitie would abound vniuersallye.

1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 71 It was a strong drinke..very pleasant to them that were acquainted with it.

1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 578 They'l be acquainted at Java and Japan..to understand their own Constitution.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 189 A vulgar spirit, accustom'd to no Excesses, and acquainted only with a very moderate fortune.

B. n.

†1. A person with whom one is acquainted, an acquaintance. Obsolete (rare in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > state of being acquainted > acquaintance

friendOE

knowerc1350

acquainta1400

knowinga1400

acquaintancec1405

acquainted?c1566

conversant1589

acquaintant1611

habitude1676

contact1931

?c1566 in T. Fowler Hist. Corpus Christi Coll. (1893) v. 117 He layed his purse before his acquainted, and bad her take what she wolde to obey his carnall desire.

1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 508 It may be well suffred, that..the acquainted with the husbande may haue friendship with the wife, but no familiaritie.

1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 410 I take my leaue of your friendship, and also to cal you my acquainted.

1881 Atlantic Monthly July 55/2 It [sc. an orchard] belongs to an acquainted with me; but she must sell it.

2. With the. People who are acquainted, as a class.

ΚΠ

1704 D. Baillie Let. 8 Feb. in Acct. Proc. Privy Council Scotl. against D. Baillie 9 Some all Commendations and Services to the Lord knows who, to the Acquainted and Unacquainted.

1827 M. S. Stanhope Almack's I. xviii. 263 A large party..in a country-house; where..the acquainted and unacquainted are alike indifferent to each other.

1971 R. Turner in J. D. Douglas Understanding Everyday Life ii. vii. 182 With respect to face-to-face social contacts among the acquainted..a simple exchange of greetings—‘hello,’ ‘hello’—may constitute an adequate ‘conversation’.

2005 Guardian (Nexis) 9 Apr. (Saturday Pages section) 20 Known as Paddy to the acquainted and unacquainted alike.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	acquainted
释义	acquaintedadj.n. Brit. /əˈkweɪntᵻd/, U.S. /əˈkweɪn(t)ᵻd/ Forms: α. early Middle English acointet, early Middle English akointed, Middle English–1500s acointed, 1500s accoynted, 1500s acoynted; Scottish pre-1700 acquyntit, pre-1700 acqyntit. β. Middle English acquentyd, Middle English acqueyntid, Middle English akeayntyd, Middle English aqueintid, Middle English aquentid, Middle English aquentyd, Middle English aqueyntid, Middle English aqueyntyd, Middle English aqwauyntyd, Middle English aqweinted, Middle English aqweynted, Middle English aqweyntid, Middle English aqweyntyd, Middle English–1500s acqueinted, Middle English–1500s acquented, Middle English–1500s acqueynted, Middle English–1500s aqueinted, Middle English–1500s aquented, Middle English–1500s aqueynted, Middle English–1600s acquaynted, Middle English–1600s aquaynted, 1500s acqueintid, 1500s aquanted, 1500s–1600s accquainted, 1500s–1600s acquanted, 1500s–1600s aquainted, 1500s– acquainted, 1600s aqwainted; Scottish pre-1700 acquanted, pre-1700 acquayntit, pre-1700 acquented, pre-1700 acquentit, pre-1700 aquentid, pre-1700 1700s– acquainted, pre-1700 1800s acquantit. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Probably also partly a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French acointer , -ed suffix¹; acquaint v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: In quot. ?c1225 at sense A. 1 probably < Anglo-Norman and Old French acointer acquaint v. + -ed suffix¹. In later use < acquaint v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare later acquaint adj. and (with the use as noun) acquaint n.; compare also the Romance forms cited at acquaint adj. and n.Recorded earliest in the compound well acquainted adj. A. adj. 1. Personally known to another person, or (of two or more people) to each other; being on terms of acquaintanceship with someone. Also with modifying word. Formerly also with †mid, †to.In early use indicating on friendly or intimate terms with a person; see acquaintance n. 1.well-acquainted: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > well acquainted or familiar with > (mutually) acquainted coutha1225 acquainted?c1225 acquaintc1325 acquaintanced1832 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 162 Ach son se he eauer understont þet he beo wel acointed [c1230 Corpus Cambr. acointet; a1250 Nero akointed mid ou]. he wule forbeoren ou lesse. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1648 (MED) To an ermite he is y-go, Þat he was ere aqueynted to. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lii. l. 931 Mochel desire I now trewelye..Aqweynted with him to be. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 18 (MED) Y was neuer aqueinted with her. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xix. xiii Tell me I pray you hertely..how were ye acquaynted? a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxxiii. f. lxviii^v An holy man named Felix, y^e which he was firste acqueynted w^t in Fraunce. c1535 T. Cranmer Let. 9 July in Remains (1833) I. 125 My old acquainted friend, master Shaxton. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 120 I pray you be better acquainted . View more context for this quotation 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. v. 17 We have not the honour to be acquainted with their Knightships. 1781 S. Johnson Gay in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VIII. 3 [Pope] when he became acquainted with Gay..received him into his inmost confidence. 1798 R. Southey Eng. Eclogues i, in Wks. III. 8 You did not know me, But we're acquainted now. 1805 R. Parkinson Tour in Amer. ii. xxv. 457 I had the pleasure of being acquainted with Mr. Davis, the officiating clergyman. 1882 Daily News 29 July 3/6 They had been some time acquainted, and walked out together. 1973 Publishers Weekly 8 Jan. 62/1 They get acquainted with a pair of middle-aging Jewish bachelor doctors. 2007 J. Church Hidden Moon (2008) i. 4 A man in the aisle was..staring at me. He..nodded as if we were acquainted. 2. Known widely; well-known, familiar; easily recognizable. Also with to. Now rare.In early use with reference to being known at court or a similar place of significance.well-acquainted: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] > to others couthc1000 well acquainted?c1225 acquaintc1325 acquainted?1406 knowledgeda1475 ?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle l. 178 in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 62/2 Wher was a gretter maister eek than y, Or bet aqweyntid at Westmynstre yate? 1461 C. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 199 My nevew is not ȝet verily aqweyntyd in þe Kyngys howse. a1500 in C. T. Martin Chancery Proc. 15th Cent. in Archaeologia (1904) 59 9 Edmond is..so gretly favord and acqueynted withinne the seid towne of Lynn that what so ever ple were pleded for your seid besecher..it wer like to be tryed ageyns hym. 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie i. 2 Which preiudice in opinion being grounded vpon contentment with the acquainted euill..bewitcheth the reason of the parties seduced. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. ii. 138 That warre, or peace, or both at once, may be, As things acquainted and familiar to vs. View more context for this quotation 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxv. sig. O7^v Fram'd so, in an acquainted shape, to advantage his deceit the more. 1705 C. Cibber Careless Husband iii. i. 27 She has Treated me with..such an acquainted, such a spiteful Familiarity. 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xiv. 315 With cautious strength, did Madoc aim attack, Mastering each moment now with abler sway The acquainted sword. 1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 520 We are at home and upon acquainted ground. 1918 B. Mitchell Rise Cotton Mills in South (1921) ii. 132 (note) Answering the statement that North Carolinians were very conservative, an acquainted speaker recalled how [etc.]. 3. Having personal or direct knowledge gained from experiencing something; familiar with a matter, state, etc., esp. to an extensive degree. Also with †of. Also with modifying word. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] > knowing about, familiar with craftyOE slyc1175 coutha1225 well acquainteda1250 privyc1300 cunningc1325 well-groundeda1438 acquainted?a1439 familiar1509 at home1531 overseen1533 intelligent1546 long-experienced1567 conversant1573 skilful1596 accomplished1603 frequent1609 well (better, best) verseda1610 understanding1612 sound1615 studieda1616 technical1617 versed1622 conversing1724 versant1787 on intimate habits1809 special1830 inquainted1849 pre-acquainted1907 sophisticated1952 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Harl. 1766) ix. l. 3404 (MED) I nevir was aqueynted with Virgyle..Nor with Ovyde, in poetrye moost entieer. c1450 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 77 (MED) Your hert ys roted in humylyte, And aquented nothing wyth his contrarye. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. lxiii. C For Abraham knoweth vs not, nether is Israel acquanted with vs. 1570 G. Buchanan Chamæleon in Vernac. Writings (1892) 43 All that sould be familiarlie acquentit with it. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. liii. 3 A man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefe. View more context for this quotation a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 135 A king..experimentally acquainted with the ways..of flatterers. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xliv. 159 We have but one way left to make ourselves acquainted with it. 1836 R. Whately Let. in E. J. Whately Life & Corr. R. Whately (1866) I. 346 Being sure of his being better acquainted than most people in England of the real state of Irish affairs. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 67 You have kept yourself..thoroughly acquainted with English politics. 1904 Collier's 7 May 19/3 (advt.) We want to make everyone acquainted with the real qualities of Hy-Jen Tooth Paste, which is endorsed by dentists everywhere. 1953 K. von Frisch Dancing Bees 1 There are two ways by which the amateur naturalist may easily get acquainted with honey-bees. 2007 M. Byrne in I. Brown et al. Edinb. Hist. Sc. Lit. III. xviii. 180 The acquainted reader is taken back thirty years to MacThòmais's longest single poem. †4. Accustomed to do something; familiar with something from use, possession, or experience. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > accustomed, used, or wont wontc888 haunteda1325 accustomed1429 consuetec1503 acquainted1572 frequent1575 occasioned1576 fain1596 wontlike1601 habited1605 habituate1606 wonted1611 practised1656 1572 T. Wilson Disc. Vsurye Ep. Ded. sig. ⸿ viii^v Yf men were..acquaynted to lende freely..I woulde not doubte, but that charitie would abound vniuersallye. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 71 It was a strong drinke..very pleasant to them that were acquainted with it. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 578 They'l be acquainted at Java and Japan..to understand their own Constitution. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 189 A vulgar spirit, accustom'd to no Excesses, and acquainted only with a very moderate fortune. B. n. †1. A person with whom one is acquainted, an acquaintance. Obsolete (rare in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > state of being acquainted > acquaintance friendOE knowerc1350 acquainta1400 knowinga1400 acquaintancec1405 acquainted?c1566 conversant1589 acquaintant1611 habitude1676 contact1931 ?c1566 in T. Fowler Hist. Corpus Christi Coll. (1893) v. 117 He layed his purse before his acquainted, and bad her take what she wolde to obey his carnall desire. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 508 It may be well suffred, that..the acquainted with the husbande may haue friendship with the wife, but no familiaritie. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 410 I take my leaue of your friendship, and also to cal you my acquainted. 1881 Atlantic Monthly July 55/2 It [sc. an orchard] belongs to an acquainted with me; but she must sell it. 2. With the. People who are acquainted, as a class. ΚΠ 1704 D. Baillie Let. 8 Feb. in Acct. Proc. Privy Council Scotl. against D. Baillie 9 Some all Commendations and Services to the Lord knows who, to the Acquainted and Unacquainted. 1827 M. S. Stanhope Almack's I. xviii. 263 A large party..in a country-house; where..the acquainted and unacquainted are alike indifferent to each other. 1971 R. Turner in J. D. Douglas Understanding Everyday Life ii. vii. 182 With respect to face-to-face social contacts among the acquainted..a simple exchange of greetings—‘hello,’ ‘hello’—may constitute an adequate ‘conversation’. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 9 Apr. (Saturday Pages section) 20 Known as Paddy to the acquainted and unacquainted alike. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.?c1225
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