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Unwontedness

UNWONTEDNESS

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Noun.
Uncommonness; rareness.

Definition 2024


unwontedness

unwontedness

English

Noun

unwontedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of of being unwonted or unusual; deviation from custom or habit.
    • 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Book 1, Part 5.
      [...] we demand the language we are accustomed to, and that which is different from this seems not in keeping but somewhat unintelligible and foreign because of its unwontedness.