unacquaintedadj.
/ˌʌnəˈkweɪntᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənəˈkweɪn(t)ᵻd/ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective] > outside one's knowledge > of persons
unknownlOE
unacquainted1529
1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. iv Your humble & vnacquaynted & halfe forgoten supplyantys.
1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 155/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II He was more like a father than a freend, and more like a freend than an vnacquainted countriman.
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. A2 Being a Londoner though altogether vnacquainted, I haue requested his company at supper.
a. Of things: Unknown, unfamiliar, strange, unusual. Obsolete. (Common c1560–1640.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective]
uncouthc897
neweOE
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unknownOE
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1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason Ep. sig. Aiiij I haue..enterprised to ioyne an acquaintaunce betwiene Logique, and my countrymen, from the whiche they haue bene hetherto barred, by tongues vnacquaynted.
1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare i. 69 Certainely this phrase was so farre vnacquainted, and vnknowen in that worlde, that the very Originals of these Decrees haue it not.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. ix. sig. Oo.vj/1 The name of Merits is an vnacquainted terme, not vsed in the Scriptures.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 458 I was confident to dye a fearefull and vnacquainted death.
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 126 Although the other punishments are more severe, yet this being more new and unacquainted, I cannot pass it by.
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?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Hijv The kinde of disease, strange, vnknawin to the pepill, vnacquainted to phisitiones.
1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 452 Marcelius, Diana, and Ismenia, were lodged in two chambers in the Palace,..lodgings vnacquainted to simple Shepherds.
3. † b. Const. in, of, or to. Obsolete.
a. Of persons (rarely of things): Having no acquaintance with (= knowledge of) something.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [adjective]
unwistc1374
unknowna1393
ignorantc1475
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unskilfula1547
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unacquainted1581
unacquaint1587
unfledged1603
inexperienced1626
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inexperient1670
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unversed1675
uninitiated1678
a stranger to1697
uninitiate1801
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lay1821
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neophytic1856
griffinish1860
experienceless1875
neophytish1897
wet-eared1967
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(b)1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence i. 1 The Irish language..is..vtterly vnacquainted with the names of England and of Englishmen.1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey iv. 254 A bay..vnacquainted with tempests.1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant iv. 303 Faith being..yet unacquainted with the Lords dealing with his people.1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry 351 This poetry was unacquainted with the dramatic form.1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia iii. f. 70v Conueying thyther by water wold be very combersome, bycause the Romanes were vnacquainted wyth those countryes.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 50 Sir Dudley Carleton..was unacquainted with the Government, Laws, and Customs of his own Country.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 33 There may be some Impossibilities in the Nature of things, which we are unacquainted with.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lviii. 259 I profess to be unacquainted with his private character.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xv. 292 Hazlewood, unacquainted with their plan of assault, was an instant later.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. ix. 269 To those unacquainted with the fact of their motion,..the assertion that a glacier moves must appear..startling and incredible.
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Gg4 So that poore Apollo was faine to leade a verie miserable life, vnacquainted to worke and neuer vsed to begge.
1704 in J. Swift Tale of Tub sig. A4 Being very unacquainted in the Style and Form of Dedications.
1787 C. Smith Romance Real Life I. 290 A species of torture, but of the nature of which we are happily unacquainted in this country.
1805 tr. A. Lafontaine Hermann & Emilia IV. 181 She is unacquainted of this circumstance, and she must remain in ignorance of it.
c. Without const.: Inexperienced; ignorant. Also with that and clause.In quot. 1791 = in ignorance.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [adjective]
unwistc1374
unknowna1393
ignorantc1475
imperfect1508
rawa1513
unskilfula1547
imperite?1550
illiterate1556
strange1561
unacquainted1565
green-headed1569
unacquainted1581
unacquaint1587
unfledged1603
inexperienced1626
guiltless1667
inexperient1670
unconversanta1674
unversed1675
uninitiated1678
a stranger to1697
uninitiate1801
inconversant1802
lay1821
griffish1836
wet behind the ears1851
neophytic1856
griffinish1860
experienceless1875
neophytish1897
wet-eared1967
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > inexperienced
youngOE
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fresh water?1548
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1581 W. Allen Apol. Two Eng. Colleges f. 121 Death and dungeons be not so terrible things to Christes souldiars, as they seeme to the vnacquainted.
1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea (new ed.) v, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 137v Not any guilt thou shalt with unacquainted hand assay.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 426 I thinke it best to show the vnacquainted Reader, a reasonable satisfaction for [etc.].
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. i. i. 3 The surprizing spectacle of so many and various Objects, as presented themselves to her unacquainted Sight.
1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 15 Tho' unacquaintit she has wooet Wi' ane that is his fae.
1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iv. v. 356 Is she unacquainted that a little knowledge of books and languages is what alone I have been taught?
4. Of persons: Not having acquaintance, not being on terms of personal knowledge, with another. Also without const.: Not mutually acquainted.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective] > outside one's knowledge > of persons > not acquainted with others
unacquainteda1640
a1640 P. Massinger Guardian v. iv. 74 in 3 New Playes (1655) You know the proscrib'd Severino, he Not unacquainted, but familiar with The most of you.
1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 263 The Omniscient God is not unacquainted with them that are most dear to him, his Elect.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ix. 128 You are unacquainted with the man that oppresses us.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 127 Were my mother to see you..I am sure she would approve; but you are unacquainted personally.
1892 H. Lane Differ. Rheum. Dis. (ed. 2) Pref. The exceeding kindness..with which friends, as well as critics, with whom I was personally unacquainted, received my first literary venture.
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