accustomed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈkʌs.təmd/
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Etymology
From accustom + -ed.
Meanings
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Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person)
Young Overton’s face assumed the bothered look of the man who is more accustomed to using his muscles than his wits […]
1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Missing Three-Quarter”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., published 1905, page 294:She is getting more and more accustomed to the cold.
1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Henry Cripps, Partition 1, Section 2, Member 2, Subsection 3, p. 99, Such things as we haue beene long accustomed to, though they be evill in their owne nature; yet they are lesse offensiue.
“Miss Bennet, do you know who I am? I have not been accustomed to such language as this.”
1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 14, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC: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
I am not accustomed to walk(ing) long distances.
None of the Victorian mothers—and most of the mothers were Victorian—had any idea how casually their daughters were accustomed to be kissed.
1920 April, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “Chapter 2”, in This Side of Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book I (The Romantic Egotist), page 64:
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Familiar through use; usual; customary. (of a thing, condition, activity, etc.)
The raid, directed as usual by vice squad Sgt. Edward McNelley and featuring the accustomed assortment of vice officers, […]
1983 April 30, Larry Goldsmith, “Yes, Loft Raided Again, Club Officers Charged”, in Gay Community News, page 1: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.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:1812, Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto 2, Stanza 72, in The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, Boston: Cummings & Hilliard, 1814, Volume I, p. 249, Who now shall lead thy scatter’d children forth, And long-accustom’d bondage uncreate?
1912, Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali, London: The India Society, Section 63, p. 37, I am uneasy at heart when I have to leave my accustomed shelter; I forget that there abides the old in the new, and that there also thou abidest.
Molly had no sooner apparelled herself in her accustomed Rags, than her Sisters began to fall violently upon her […]
1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 9, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV, page 170:
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(archaic) Frequented by customers.
1778, Tobias Smollett (translator), The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane by Alain-René Lesage, London: S. Crowder et al., Volume I, Chapter 7, p. 148, There I got a place on the same terms as at Segovia, in a well accustomed shop, much frequented on account of the neighbourhood of the church of Santa Cruz, and the Prince’s theatre […]
1817, Seth William Stevenson), Journal of a Tour through Part of France, Flanders, and Holland, Norwich: for the author, Chapter 21, p. 283, The pompous hotel is a lone cottage of very mean appearance, on the road side, and I will be sworn, was but an ill-accustomed Inn, until those renowned Generals justly gave it a licence.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more accustomed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most accustomed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
accustomedly · accustomedness · unaccustomed · nonaccustomed · foreaccustomed
Synonyms
inured (familiar through repeated experience) · used (familiar through repeated experience) · wonted (familiar through repeated experience) · habituated (familiar through repeated experience)
Translations (48)
sh навикнут (familiar) · gd cleachdte (familiar) · la solitus (familiar) · sa उचित (familiar) · la suētus (familiar) · th คุ้นเคย (familiar) · es sólito (inured to; adapted to existing conditions) · th ชิน (familiar) · de gewöhnt (familiar) · ja 慣れた (familiar) · id terbiasa (familiar) · it abituato (familiar) · ca acostumat (inured to; adapted to existing conditions) · fr accoutumé (familiar) · gl afeito (familiar) · lad alishtereádo (familiar) · ga cleachta (inured to; adapted to existing conditions) · hy սովորական (familiar) · sh naviknut (familiar) · sh priviknut (familiar) · az alışmış (inured to; adapted to existing conditions) · az öyrəncəli (inured to; adapted to existing conditions) · it avvezzo (familiar) · de gewohnt (familiar) · yue 慣咗 /惯咗 (familiar) · gd cleachdte (inured to; adapted to existing conditions) · fi tottunut (familiar) · fa آشنا (familiar) · sh привикнут (familiar) · ru привы́кший (familiar) · tr alışkın (familiar) · got 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (familiar) · cmn 習慣了 /习惯了 (familiar) · lad akostumbrado (familiar) · pt acostumado (familiar) · hy սովոր (inured to; adapted to existing conditions) · gl acostumado (familiar) · es acostumbrado (inured to; adapted to existing conditions) · su tuman (familiar) · hnn antigo (familiar) · gl adoito (familiar) · hy վարժված (inured to; adapted to existing conditions) · ca acostumat (familiar) · bg свикнал (familiar) · az öyrəncəkli (inured to; adapted to existing conditions) · es acostumbrado (familiar) · sv van (familiar) · ga cleachta (familiar)