disacquaintance

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noun

Loss of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.

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Meanings

noundisacquaintance (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableLoss of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.

    Conscience by a long neglect of , and dis-acquaintance with it self

    1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
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    The hotels kept up a specious brilliancy and hospitable outlook, but inside one saw vast empty caverns, and the footrails at the bars gleamed brightly from long disacquaintance with the sole-leather of customers.

    1909, O. Henry, Options, Rus in Urbe

Origin

From dis- + acquaintance.

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APA

disacquaintance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disacquaintance

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Chicago

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