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desuetude
[ des-wi-tood, -tyood ]
noun
- the state of being no longer used or practiced.
desuetude
/ ˈdɛswɪtjuːd; dɪˈsjuːɪˌtjuːd /
noun
- formal.the condition of not being in use or practice; disuse
those ceremonies had fallen into desuetude
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Word History and Origins
Origin of desuetude1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of desuetude1
C15: from Latin dēsuētūdō, from dēsuescere to lay aside a habit, from de- + suescere to grow accustomed
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Example Sentences
It turns heavily on great creaking hinges stiff from long desuetude, and swings to after us as with an ominous sigh.
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Toasts have also fallen into "desuetude" at private dinners.
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Having no means the Commission could do absolutely nothing, and hence may be said to be in a state of "innocuous desuetude."
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James is strewn over about forty—part of which must go into desuetude, have perhaps done so already.
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After the day of Pope the epistle again fell into desuetude, or occasional use, in England.
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