accustomed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English accustom
English -ed
English accustomed
From accustom + -ed.
Inflected forms:
form: more accustomed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most accustomed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person)
pos: adj
examples: I am not accustomed to walk(ing) long distances.
She is getting more and more accustomed to the cold.
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
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.”
Young Overton’s face assumed the bothered look of the man who is more accustomed to using his muscles than his wits […]
None of the Victorian mothers—and most of the mothers were Victorian—had any idea how casually their daughters were accustomed to be kissed.
gloss: Familiar through use; usual; customary. (of a thing, condition, activity, etc.)
pos: adj
examples: 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.
Molly had no sooner apparelled herself in her accustomed Rags, than her Sisters began to fall violently upon her […]
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.
The raid, directed as usual by vice squad Sgt. Edward McNelley and featuring the accustomed assortment of vice officers, […]
gloss: Frequented by customers.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
examples: 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.
Derived words: accustomedly
accustomedness
foreaccustomed
nonaccustomed
unaccustomed
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: սովորական
roman: sovorakan
lang: Bulgarian
word: свикнал
roman: sviknal
lang: Catalan
word: acostumat
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 慣咗 /惯咗
roman: gwaan³ zo²
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 習慣了 /习惯了
roman: xíguàn le
lang: Finnish
word: tottunut
lang: French
word: accoutumé
lang: Galician
word: adoito
lang: Galician
word: afeito
lang: Galician
word: acostumado
lang: German
word: gewohnt
lang: German
word: gewöhnt
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃
roman: biuhts
lang: Hanunoo
word: antigo
lang: Indonesian
word: terbiasa
lang: Irish
word: cleachta
lang: Italian
word: abituato
lang: Italian
word: avvezzo
lang: Japanese
word: 慣れた
roman: nareta
lang: Ladino
word: alishtereádo
lang: Ladino
word: akostumbrado
lang: Latin
word: suētus
lang: Latin
word: solitus
lang: Persian
word: آشنا
roman: âšnâ
lang: Portuguese
word: acostumado
lang: Russian
word: привы́кший
roman: privýkšij
lang: Sanskrit
word: उचित
roman: ucita
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cleachdte
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: навикнут
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: привикнут
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: naviknut
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: priviknut
lang: Spanish
word: acostumbrado
lang: Sundanese
word: tuman
lang: Swedish
word: van
lang: Thai
word: ชิน
roman: chin
lang: Thai
word: คุ้นเคย
roman: kún-kəəi
lang: Turkish
word: alışkın