accustomedness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈkʌs.təmd.nɪs/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree English accustomed Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English accustomedness From accustomed + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
Those who do not depend upon reason must grow into feeling by accustomedness
1912, R. G. Badger et al., Psychotherapeutics:if we caught the mystery of life and knew the origin of things , should we not have the same feeling of satiety from the accustomedness of knowledge as we have now from the accustomedness of emotion ?
1910, Elizabeth Lynn Linton, The Second Youth of Theodora Desanges: