desuetude

 


desuetude – [ des-wi-tood, -tyood ] – / ˈdɛs wɪˌtud, -ˌtyud / – Noun

  • the state of being no longer used or practiced.

WORDS RELATED TO DESUETUDE
inactivity, disuse

ORIGIN OF DESUETUDE
1425–75; late Middle English < Latin dēsuētūdo, equivalent to dēsuē-, base of dēsuēscere to become disaccustomed to, unlearn (dē- de- + suēscere to become accustomed to) + -tūdō -tude

EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR DESUETUDE

  • Among certain indulgent officials these enactments had been allowed to fall into desuetude.
  • She had left them a Social Position—one, which even after twenty years of desuetude, was fit for use.
  • The more childish forms of ancient superstition, such as the use of ephods and teraphim, had fallen into desuetude.
  • Desuetude begets incompetence—the dare-not soon becomes the cannot.
  • But the whole history of Israel shows how utterly and how early the law must have fallen into desuetude.


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