acclimatizedadj.
/əˈklʌɪmətʌɪzd/, U.S. /əˈklaɪməˌtaɪzd/ Habituated to a new climate or environment; (esp. in figurative use) accustomed to new conditions. Now sometimes spec.: habituated physiologically or behaviourally to a change in the natural environment. Cf. acclimated adj.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > of or relating to climate > acclimatized
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > accustomed, used, or wont > by adaptation to circumstances
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1833 Sat. Mag. May 204/2 The Mimosa-form is no where found wild in northern countries, though we possess an acclimatized representative of it in the favourite Acacia of our shrubberies.
1855 W. H. Russell War II. xiv The Sardinians, now acclimatized..form a fine corps.
1881 Dr. Greene in Sc. Gossip No. 202. 223 An acclimatised grey parrot is very hardy.
1916 Atlantic Monthly July 93/2 It is not uncommon for the eager Anglo-Saxon who goes to a vivid American university to-day to find his true friends..among the acclimatized German or Austrian, the acclimatized Jew, the acclimatized Scandinavian or Italian.
1961 H. T. Hammel in F. R. Fisher Man living in Arctic 18 The metabolism and heat production of the acclimatized group was a little higher than the metabolism of the control group especially during the first part of the night.
1993 F. Beckey Mount McKinley (1998) xix. 242 Since there was no aircraft in Alaska that could land at the camp's location, the only option was to organize an acclimatized ground team to rescue the Koreans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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