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disacquaintance

noun

Etymology

From dis- + acquaintance.

  1. derived from acointier
  2. derived from acointance
  3. derived from aquaintaunce
  4. inherited from aqueyntaunce
  5. prefixed as disacquaintance — “dis + acquaintance”

Definitions

  1. Loss of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.

    • Conscience by a long neglect of , and dis-acquaintance with it self
    • The hotels kept up a specious brilliancy and hospitable outlook, but inside one saw vast empty caverns, and the footrails at the bars gleamed brightly from long disacquaintance with the sole-leather of customers.

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