acquaintance, n.Definitions

An Acquaintance is a breeder of distrust when slight.

An Acquaintance is somebody you nod to if he nods first.

Acquaintance is a softener of prejudice.

An Acquaintance is a person we would sooner borrow from than lend to.

An Acquaintance is a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

The Acquaintance is preferable to the friend in that they don't expect you to call or go to' their children's weddings.

Acquaintance is tied to admiration. The love of new acquaintance comes from the distaste we feel in being too little admired by those that know us too well, and the hope of being more admired by those that know us less.

Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.