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Not acquainted, unfamiliar (with someone or something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1705, William Dampier, Voyages and Descriptions, London: James Knapton, Volume 2, “Voyages to the Bay of Campeachy,” Chapter 1, p. 26, [...] from our Main-top we saw the Islands to the Southward of us, and being unacquainted, knew not whether we might find among them a Channel to pass through [...]
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Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English acquainted English unacquainted From un- + acquainted.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
незапознат
(nezapoznat)
— not acquainted
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Bulgarian:
неосведомен
(neosvedomen)
— not acquainted
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Manx:
anoayllagh
— not acquainted
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Manx:
neuainjyssagh
— not acquainted
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Manx:
neuoayllagh
— not acquainted
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Plautdietsch:
onbekaunt
— not acquainted
