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accustomed

adj
/əˈkʌs.təmd/

Etymology

From accustom + -ed.

  1. inherited from acustom
  2. derived from acoustumer
  3. inherited from accustomen
  4. formed as accustomed — “accustom + -ed”

Definitions

  1. Familiar with something through repeated experience

    Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person)

    • I am not accustomed to walk(ing) long distances.
    • She is getting more and more accustomed to the cold.
    • 1484, William Caxton (translator), The Book of the Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esope, “The v fable is of the Foxe and of the busshe,” And ther fore men ought not to helpe them whiche ben acustomed to doo euylle

  2. Familiar through use

    Familiar through use; usual; customary. (of a thing, condition, activity, etc.)

    • It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands: I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour.
    • Molly had no sooner apparelled herself in her accustomed Rags, than her Sisters began to fall violently upon her […]

  3. Frequented by customers.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. simple past and past participle of accustom

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at accustomed. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at accustomed. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at accustomed

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA