ACQUAINT, ACQUAINTANCE, ACQUAINTED
ADJECTIVES
► ACQUAINT acquainted; personally known; mutually known; having personal knowledge of → 1297 arch.
► ACQUAINTABLE easy to be acquainted with, affable, familiar → 1400 obs.
► AWAKE acquainted with, knowing, aware of, or knowing what is going on → sl. (Bk.)
► BAKONT acquainted, known → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BEKNOWN acquainted, known, familiar → 1429 arch.
► COUTH acquainted, familiar with → 1225 obs.
► FAMILARY acquainted, familiar, intimate, friendly → 1450
NOUNS
► ACQUAINTANCY the state or position of having acquaintance or personal knowledge → 1859
► ACQUAINTATION acquaintance → 1468 obs.
► KENNING acquaintance, recognition → 1826 Sc.
► KNOWLEDGE personal acquaintance; friendship, intimacy → 1389 obs.
► QUAINTANCE acquaintance → 1300 obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
► ACQUAINT an acquaintance → 1386 obs.
► ACQUAINTANCE a person with whom one is acquainted closely; a friend or companion → 1405
► ACQUAINTANT an acquaintance; a person with whom one is acquainted → 1611 obs.
► ACQUAINTED an acquaintance; a person with whom one is acquainted → 1566 obs.
► BUDDY an acquaintance, a friend → M19 orig. US
► COZ a friend or acquaintance → 1961 orig. & chiefly US
► EAM an intimate acquaintance; an uncle by the mother’s side; a familiar friend or neighbour → 1681 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
► EME an intimate acquaintance; a friend → 1674 Eng. dial.
► HABITUDE an acquaintance, an associate; a person with whom one is familiar → 1676 obs.
► MISS GOOCH a nickname for a close acquaintance → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► MISS GUNCH a nickname for a close acquaintance → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► KEN to be acquainted with; to know a thing; to have knowledge of or about → 1300 chiefly Sc.
► KNOW ONE’S ONIONS to be fully acquainted with a subject → 1908 Brit. sl.
► QUAINT to acquaint → 1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.