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accustomed

adjective

  1. quality of being used to
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əˈkʌs.təmd/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English accustom English -ed English accustomed From accustom + -ed.

  1. Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person)

    I am not accustomed to walk(ing) long distances.

    She is getting more and more accustomed to the cold.

  2. Familiar through use; usual; customary. (of a thing, condition, activity, etc.)

    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 […]

  3. Frequented by customers.

    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.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English accustom English -ed English accustomed From accustom + -ed.

  1. simple past and past participle of accustom