accustomed
/əˈkʌs.təmd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.64 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person)
verb
simple past and past participle of accustom
Example Sentences
- "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 […]"
Etymology
From accustom + -ed.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more accustomed (comparative)
most accustomed (superlative)