unaccustomedadj.
/ˌʌnəˈkʌstəmd/, U.S. /ˌənəˈkəstəmd/ 1. † b. Const. to with infinitive. Obsolete. rare.
a. Not customary; unfamiliar, unusual, strange.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > unusual or unwonted
uncustomable1387
unwonea1400
unwontc1400
unwonedc1455
inconsuete?a1475
insolite1490
unused1513
unaccustomed1526
inusitate1546
unordinary1547
uncustomed1552
unwonted1553
insolent1581
unusual1582
unaccustomable1584
unquainted1587
wontless1587
untrafficked1596
diswonted1600
inordinary1606
inusual1609
invulgar1610
uncommon1611
uncustomary1650
uncommonplace1873
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. iii. ix. f. xcii By the reason of their glorious presence, and exellent lyght, vnaccustomed to the sayd persons.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccclij Such vnaccustomed vices, and not euery where vsed.
1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 260 Such unaccustomed raynes..hath drowned the greatest parte of new indicoe in the countryes.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. xii. 15 [He] was met with unaccustomed demonstrations of honour.
a1771 T. Gray Imit. Propertius in Wks. (1814) II. 88 Nor I with unaccustomed vigour trace Back to its source divine the Julian race.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xvii. 181 At sight of the strange room and its unaccustomed objects she started up in alarm.
1871 J. Morley Byron in Crit. Misc. 283 Firmer souls were not only exhilarated, but intoxicated by the potent and unaccustomed air.
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1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 64 They were wont also to sacrifice a bul to Neptune... But vnto Iupiter it was vnaccustomed to be offered.
2.
a. Not accustomed or habituated. Const. to.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not used or accustomed
unused1297
insolent?a1505
uncustomed?1520
unwont1552
unured1566
unwonteda1586
unhardened1600
unseasoned1608
unaccustomed1611
unconversanta1674
uninureda1708
unhackneyed1760
unfamiliarized1775
unhabituated1796
unhabituate1815
1611 Bible (King James) Jer. xxxi. 18 I was chastised, as a bullocke vnaccustomed to the yoke. View more context for this quotation
a1680 J. Glanvill Serm. (1681) i. 90 The first steps are roughest to those feet that have been unaccustomed to it.
1728 E. Haywood tr. M.-A. de Gomez Belle Assemblée (1732) II. 82 Your Heart, unaccustom'd to feel any very tender Impressions, felt some Concern for those you have inspir'd me with.
1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 352 Lothaire was unaccustomed to fear.
1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. ii. 67 The abhorrence of bloodshed is common to all who are unaccustomed to it.
1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. lvii. 247 Familiar with crime, he was unaccustomed to be charged with it.
b. Used (attributive or absol.) without const.
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1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 170 Phlebotomy is not any wise dangerous to those that are accustomed therewith, but it may prove dangerous to the unaccustomed.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. x. 358 Circumstances, that united to elevate the unaccustomed mind of Blanche to enthusiasm.
1859 H. L. Mansel Lett., Lect. & Rev. (1873) 192 Quaint as the nomenclature may sound to unaccustomed ears.
1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto xix An unaccustomed horse would have stuck fast up to its girths before it had gone fifty yards.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [adjective] > on which duty has been paid > not
uncustomed1393
uncustomate1510
unaccustomed1701
untolled1775
dutiless1894
1701 London Gaz. No. 3737/4 Liable to be..seized in like manner as Prohibited and Unaccustomed Goods.
1715 London Gaz. No. 5298/3 Prosecutions..concerning unaccustomed and Prohibited Goods.
Derivatives
unaˈccustomedness n.
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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
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [noun]
unwitc1175
uncunningnessa1325
uncunninghead1340
uncunningshipa1400
rawness1548
unskill1565
disacquaintance1589
inexperience1595
inacquaintance1597
unacquaintance1598
unaccustomedness1611
unacquaintednessa1617
illiteracy1660
greenness1740
griffinishness1850
unfamiliarity1880
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unaccustomedness to something
insolence?a1475
disuse1570
unwontedness1591
unaccustomedness1611
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unwontedness or unusualness
unusualness1579
unusednessa1586
unwontedness1591
insolency?1612
insolencea1631
uncommonness1705
unfamiliarity1755
unusuality1799
out-of-the-wayness1800
unaccustomedness1866
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desaccoustumance, a disuse, vnwontednesse, vnaccustomednesse.
1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 112 The main cause of that disgust men have to this Spiritual entercourse, is their unaccustomedness to it.
1866 London Rev. 8 Dec. 623 It is permissible when it leads the worshipper to God, and does not, by its unaccustomedness, splendour, or intricacy, interpose itself as a veil between God and him.
1881 Mrs. Oliphant in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 493/1 He was seated, not in any familiar corner, but with the forlornest unaccustomedness, in the middle of it.
unaˈccustomedly adv.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adverb]
unwontly1540
unordinarily1574
unusually1615
unaccustomarily1634
unwontedly1638
unaccustomably1651
unaccustomedly1659
insolently1664
uncustomarily1909
1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Unaccustomedly.
1963 Economist 2 Nov. 472/1 Unaccustomedly emotional language.
1980 U. Curtiss Poisoned Orchard iii. 22 She had put her car away, unaccustomedly, because of the sub-zero temperature forecast.
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