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uncustomed

uncustomed adjective: not subject to customs duties; uncustomable.

Adjective

uncustomed (not comparable)

  1. Not subject to customs duties; uncustomable.
  2. (archaic) On which no customs duties have been paid.
    • […] with them came a great numbre of rascal & pedlers, & Iuellers, and brought ouer hattes and cappes, and diuerse merchaundise vncustomed, all vnder the coloure of the trussery of the Ambassadours.1548, Edward Hall, “The triumphaunt reigne of Kyng Henry the .VIII.”, in The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke, London: Richard Grafton, page lxv
    • In the Duchie of Millan, the Governour is very politike and severe, in searching after bookes and uncustomed wares, though it tend but to a paire of stockings […]1630, Giovanni Botero, translated by Robert Johnson, Relations of the most famous kingdomes and common-wealths thorowout the world, London: John Haviland, page 102

Origin of uncustomed

From un- + custom + -ed.

Questions about uncustomed

What does uncustomed mean?
Uncustomed means not subject to customs duties; uncustomable.
What part of speech is uncustomed?
Uncustomed is an adjective.

Words near uncustomed in the dictionary

  1. uncusped
  2. uncustomable
  3. uncustomarily
  4. uncustomariness
  5. uncustomary
  6. uncustomed
  7. uncustomised
  8. uncustomizable
  9. uncustomized
  10. uncut
  11. uncute

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