单词 | inacquaintance |
释义 | inacquaintancen. The state or condition of being unacquainted; lack of acquaintance; an instance of this. Frequently with with. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [noun] unwitc1175 uncunningnessa1325 uncunninghead1340 uncunningshipa1400 rawness1548 unskill1565 disacquaintance1589 inexperience1595 inacquaintance1597 unacquaintance1598 unaccustomedness1611 unacquaintednessa1617 illiteracy1660 greenness1740 griffinishness1850 unfamiliarity1880 1597 N. Ling Politeuphuia: Wits Common Wealth f. 74v Honour is a passion of the soule, and a mighty desire, naturally desired of all creatures; yet many times mistaken, by inacquaintance with vertue. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 56 The verie inacquaintance therewith will make him tyer euen in his best strength. 1729 Prosodia Chirurgica Pref. p. vii. Blancard..who so often takes an Etymology upon trust, that it almost looks like a thorough Inacquaintance with the Language he deals in. 1767 E. Wallis Tentamen Sophisticon 23 Inacquaintance with the peculiar qualities of natural substances..must subject him of course to perpetual mistakes. 1815 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 559 Permit me to forget my total inacquaintance with your Lordship personally in my familiarity with your other more permanent Self. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such iv. 96 He..took his inacquaintance with doctrines for a creative dissidence. 1922 Queensland Times 10 Aug. 7/4 Their inacquaintance with the course contributed largely to their inability to obtain a place. 1973 Bakersfield Californian 21 Sept. The tv coverage was very good, so good that it showed up Howard Cosell's inacquaintance with the game. 2008 G. Elliott Ends in Sight ii. 40 A pervasive misapprehension, derived from a passing inacquaintance with the text, that Fukuyama was arguing precisely what he was not. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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