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unwontedness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being unwonted or unusual; deviation from custom or habit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Book 1, Part 5. ... we demand the language we are accustomed to, and that which is different from this seems not in keeping but somewhat unintelligible and foreign because of its unwontedness.

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History

Etymology

From unwonted + -ness.