Inacquaintance
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Lack of acquaintance; ignorance. uncountable
"[…] so in asthma, where there is no expuition, or the expuition does not appear till the paroxysm is subsiding, we ought, I think, in fair reason, rather to acknowledge or inacquaintance with the actual cause than to place our faith in one that has so little to support it."
Example
More examples"[…] so in asthma, where there is no expuition, or the expuition does not appear till the paroxysm is subsiding, we ought, I think, in fair reason, rather to acknowledge or inacquaintance with the actual cause than to place our faith in one that has so little to support it."
Etymology
From in- + acquaintance.
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