Meanings
comparative more unaccustomable · superlative most unaccustomable
- rareUnusual, unexpected, unaccountable.
O my Priſceria, let it not ſeeme ſtraunge vnto thee to beholde thine aged Fathers vnaccuſtomable acceſſe, ſince he is now perplexed with vnacquainted feares.
1584, Thomas Lodge, “The Delectable Hiſtorie of Forbonius and Priſceria”, in An alarum againſt vſurers Containing tryed experiences againſt worldly abuſes […] , London: T. Eſte, for Sampſon Clarke, →OCLC, page 272 more examples
This is properly Venus, Beauty, vvhich kindles the fire of Love in Mankinde: […] VVe ſee many perſons exact, and unaccuſtomable in every part, deſtitute of this grace and comlineſſe; others leſſe perfect in thoſe particular conditions, excellently graceful and comely; […]
1656, Tho[mas] Stanley, “[Plato.] A Platonick Discourse, Written in Italian by John Picus Earl of Mirandula, in Explication of a Sonnet by Hieronimo Benivieni.”, in The History of Philosophy, the Second Volume, volume II, London: […] Humphrey Moseley, and Thomas Dring: […], →OCLC, 5th part (Containing the Academick Philosophers), 3rd part of the discourse, scenes VI–VIII, page 116It is not all that unaccustomable for Students' Council to deliver its budget late in the summer, especially in light of the complexities student representatives find themselves in upon taking office.
1974 August 16, “A Million Excuses”, in The Charlatan, volume 4, number 5, [Ottawa], →ISSN, page 2
Origin
From un- + accustomable, in later use perhaps as an alteration of unaccustomed; compare Middle Scots unaccustomabill.
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