unwonted

== English == === Etymology === From un- +‎ wonted. Redundant in form, as wont is by itself historically the participle adjective. Largely displaced earlier unwont. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ʌnˈwɑntɪd/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʌnˈwɒntɪd/ Homophone: unwanted === Adjective === unwonted (comparative more unwonted, superlative most unwonted) Not customary or habitual; unusual; infrequent; strange. 2008, Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica: On the other hand, it was not so well known among them that Moses was always to be their ruler, and so it behooved those who rebelled against his authority to be punished in a miraculous and unwonted manner. (archaic) Unused (to); unaccustomed (to) something. ==== Derived terms ==== unwontedly unwontedness ==== Translations ==== === References === “unwonted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === downtune