acquaintancedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

acquaintanced (not comparable)

1. (rare) Synonym of acquainted.
   • 1867, Lydia Maria Child, Rosa and Flora: A Romance, volume 2, page 167:

     “I should be unwilling to have her know we were ever acquaintanced with Mr. Fitzgerald,” responded Mrs. King.

   • 1885, Georgiana Fullerton, Lady-Bird: A Tale, page 12:

     He had read all the books within his reach, and at the age of thirteen had made himself acquaintanced with most of the principal English writers, especially the poets; […]

   • 1913, M. A. Bayfield, “Memoir”, in A. W. Verrall, Collected Literary Essays Classical and Modern, page xcv:

     His knowledge of its principles and developments was considerable, and probably few men were better acquaintanced with the great European churches, either through having visited them or through books and photographs.

   • 1987, Herbert F. Thompson, “The Scottish Enlightenment and Political Economy”, in S. Todd Lowry, editor, Pre-Classical Economic Thought: From the Greeks to the Scottish Enlightenment, →ISBN, page 251:

     He was also well acquainted with three kings of Britain and with at least ten prime ministers, and was acquaintanced with Wellington, Napoleon, Talleyrand, and Metternich.

   • 2006, Raymond J. Ohlson, Until Next Time... Good Selling!, →ISBN, page 144:

     He or she has either met with you “one on one” or became acquaintanced with you and your firm via a seminar.

参照

• “acquaintanced, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “acquaintanced”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.