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un⋅ac⋅cus⋅tomed

  [uhn-uh-kuhs-tuhmd]
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–adjective
1. not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
2. unusual; unfamiliar: A brief after-dinner speech is an unaccustomed pleasure.
Origin:
1520–30; un- 1 + accustomed

Related forms:
un⋅ac⋅cus⋅tomed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. uncommon, extraordinary, curious, peculiar, unexpected.
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ac⋅cus⋅tom

  [uh-kuhs-tuhm]
–verb (used with object)
to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < MF acoustumer. See ac-, custom
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Word Origin & History

accustom 
1422, from M.Fr. acostumer, from à "to" + costume (see costume).

unaccustomed 
1526, "not customary, unfamiliar," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of accustom. Meaning "not accustomed or habituated" (to) is first attested 1611.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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