acclimated, ppl. a.
(əˈklaɪmətɪd)
[f. acclimate + -ed.]
Habituated to a new or strange climate. lit. and fig.
| 1849 in J. R. Commons Doc. Hist. (1910) I. 253 The proprietor of several thousand arpents of land..is desirous to dispose of 45 acclimated negroes. 1856 Lever Martins of Cro' M. 592 Acclimated, as I may say, to such incidents. 1862 Times 18 Apr. 8/6 Even among the acclimated New Orleanists the annual mortality is, etc. 1921 B. Matthews in S.P.E. Tract V. 8, I have asked why these thoroughly acclimated French words should not be made to wear our English livery. 1961 Times 24 Feb. 3/6 Shivering ceases in the acclimated animal. |