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e-quainted

e-quainted adjective: acquainted by means of online communication.

Adjective

e-quainted (comparative more e-quainted, superlative most e-quainted)

  1. (Internet) Acquainted by means of online communication.
    • People I was thrilled to meet after being e-quainted forever: […]1997 February 22, Kathleen Swanholt, “Correction and LCC”, in bit.listserv.dorothyl (Usenet)
    • I'm e-quainted with someone who goes to the VA there and he says he sees Indian groceries when he goes there.1997 September 12, TJ, “Re: basmati rice”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet)

Forms of e-quainted

comparativemore e-quainted
superlativemost e-quainted

Origin of e-quainted

Blend of e- + acquainted.

Questions about e-quainted

What does e-quainted mean?
E-quainted means acquainted by means of online communication.
What part of speech is e-quainted?
E-quainted is an adjective.

Words near e-quainted in the dictionary

  1. e-publishers
  2. e-publishes
  3. e-publishing
  4. e-quaintance
  5. e-quaintances
  6. e-quainted
  7. E-R
  8. E-R bridge
  9. e-reader
  10. e-readers
  11. e-reading

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