UNACQUAINTED

unacquainted, unacquainted with, unfamiliar with

(adjective) having little or no knowledge of; “unacquainted with city ways”

unacquainted, innocent(p)

(adjective) not knowledgeable about something specified; “American tourists wholly innocent of French”; “a person unacquainted with our customs”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unacquainted (comparative more unacquainted, superlative most unacquainted)

Not acquainted, unfamiliar (with someone or something).

(obsolete) Not usual; unfamiliar; strange.

Source: Wiktionary


Un`ac*quaint"ed, a.

1. Not acquainted. Cowper.

2. Not usual; unfamiliar; strange. [Obs.] And the unacquainted light began to fear. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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