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disaccustom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dis-ac-cus-tom
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause (someone) to break a habit or become unaccustomed to something that they were previously accustomed to

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English disacustome, from Old French desacostumer (“render unfamiliar”) (compare French désaccoutumer). Equivalent to dis- + accustom.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: disacustome, desacostumer

Usage

Inflected Forms

disaccustoms (present, singular) disaccustoming (participle, present) disaccustomed (participle, past) disaccustomed (past)

Synonyms

unhabit

Questions

What does disaccustom mean?
To cause (someone) to break a habit or become unaccustomed to something that they were previously accustomed to
Where does disaccustom come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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