unaccustomed

adj

Etymology

From un- + accustomed.

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

Definitions

  1. Not used to an event or thing, not accustomed.

    • He is unaccustomed to the cold.
    • […] I again conveyed his Key into his Pocket, and counterfeiting Sleep, tho’ I never once cloſed my Eyes, lay in Bed till after he aroſe and went to Prayers, an Exerciſe to which I had long been unaccuſtomed.
  2. To which one is not accustomed, unfamiliar

    • He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.
    • Later that day, whether from the accumulated effect of seeing hunger, from the unaccustomed food or from the sun, I get sick.
  3. simple past and past participle of unaccustom

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