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disaccustom
[ dis-uh-kuhs-tuhm ]
verb (used with object)
- to cause to lose a habit:
In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
disaccustom
/ ˌdɪsəˈkʌstəm /
verb
- trusually foll byto to cause to lose a habit
Word History and Origins
Origin of disaccustom1
Example Sentences
Disaccustom, dis-a-kus′tom, v.t. to make a habit to be lost through disuse.
But it has absolutely no style; its scale is much too great; the endless discussions and arguments on quite minor points tend to throw the whole out of focus, and to disaccustom the student's eye and mind to impartial and judicial handling; and the reader constantly sighs for the placid Olympian grasp of Gibbon, nay, even for the confident dogmatism of Macaulay himself, instead of the perpetual singlestick of argument which clatters and flourishes away to the utter discomposure of the dignity of the Historic Muse.
Antonyms: disaccustom, wean. hag, n. vixen, virago, termagant, harridan, fury, Jezebel, beldame. haggard, a. gaunt, emaciated, hollow-eyed. haggle, v. hack, hackle; chaffer, higgle. haggler, n. higgler, chafferer. hail, v. accost, salute, address, signal. hail-storm, n.
They see the peasant smiles very little, and altogether is not very kindly disposed and wants to disaccustom himself to the authorities.
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