Definition of Acquaintance

Acknowledge

ACQUAINTANCE noun

	A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Actually

Regular definition:

ACQUAINTANCE:
??kwe?nt?ns n. 1 (usu. foll. by with) slight knowledge (of a person or thing). 2 the fact or process of being acquainted (our acquaintance lasted a year). 3 a person one knows slightly. ømake one's acquaintance first meet or introduce oneself to another person. make the acquaintance of come to know. øøacquaintanceship n. [ME f. OF acointance (as ACQUAINT)]

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