"e-quaintance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: e-quaintances [plural]
Etymology: From acquaintance, replacing ac- (ad) with e- (“electronic”), by analogy with e-mail. Head templates: {{en-noun}} e-quaintance (plural e-quaintances)
  1. (Internet) a person known exclusively online, usually from instant messaging such as AIM, or through internet dating personals. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet, People
    Sense id: en-e-quaintance-en-noun-yF4oQnDW Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. (Internet) the state of knowing exclusively online Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-e-quaintance-en-noun-AT2RRxLO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ecquaintance Related terms: e-quaint, e-quainted

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "e-quaintances",
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        },
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a person known exclusively online, usually from instant messaging such as AIM, or through internet dating personals."
      ],
      "id": "en-e-quaintance-en-noun-yF4oQnDW",
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        [
          "Internet",
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        [
          "AIM",
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        ]
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        "(Internet) a person known exclusively online, usually from instant messaging such as AIM, or through internet dating personals."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
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    },
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            "Networking",
            "Technology",
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the state of knowing exclusively online"
      ],
      "id": "en-e-quaintance-en-noun-AT2RRxLO",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(Internet) the state of knowing exclusively online"
      ],
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    }
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    }
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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
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    "Pages with entries",
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  ],
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      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
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        ]
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        "(Internet) a person known exclusively online, usually from instant messaging such as AIM, or through internet dating personals."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Internet"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the state of knowing exclusively online"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Internet) the state of knowing exclusively online"
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "ecquaintance"
    }
  ],
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}

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