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desuetude|ˈdɛswɪtjuːd|
[a. F. désuétude (1596 in Hatzf.), ad. L. dēsuētūdo disuse, f. dēsuētus, pa. pple. of dēsuēscĕre to disuse, become unaccustomed, f. de- 6 + suēscĕre to be accustomed, to be wont.]
†1. A discontinuance of the use or practice (of anything); disuse; † protracted cessation from.
1623Cockeram, Desuetude, lacke of vse. 1629tr. Herodian (1635) 131 A generall lazinesse and desuetude of Martiall Exercises. 1652–62Heylin Cosmogr., To Rdr., My desuetude from those younger studies. 1661Boyle Style of Script. (1675) 139 By a desuetude and neglect of it. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. iv. 160 Desuetude from their former Civility and Knowledge. 1706J. Sergeant Account of Chapter (1853) Pref. xv, By a desuetude of acting, expire, and be buried in oblivion.
b. The passing into a state of disuse.
1821Lamb Elia Ser. i. New Year's Eve, The gradual desuetude of old observances.
2. The condition or state into which anything falls when one ceases to use or practise it; the state of disuse.
1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 14 To revive acts buried and brought in [= into] desuetude by Prelats. 1678R. Barclay Apol. Quakers x. §22. 315 The weighty Truths of God were neglected, and, as it were, went into Desuetude. 1703Lond. Gaz. No. 3914/4 Reviving such [Laws] as are in desuetude. 1820Scott Monast. i, The same mode of cultivation is not yet entirely in desuetude in some distant parts of North Britain. 1826Q. Rev. XXXIV. 6 This beautiful work..fell (as the Scots lawyers express it) into desuetude. 1874Green Short Hist. iv. §2. 168 The exercise of rights which had practically passed into desuetude. |