desuetude

noun

de·sue·tude ˈde-swi-ˌtüd How to pronounce desuetude (audio)

-ˌtyüd,

di-ˈsü-ə-

-ˈsyü-

: discontinuance from use or exercise : disuse

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Desuetude must be closely related to disuse, right? Wrong. Despite the similarities between them, desuetude and disuse derive from two different Latin verbs. Desuetude comes from suescere, a word that means "to become accustomed" (suescere also gave us the word custom). Disuse descends from uti, which means "to use." (That Latin word also gave us use and utility.) Although less common, desuetude hasn't fallen into desuetude yet, and it was put to good use in the past, as in the 17th-century writings of Scottish Quaker Robert Barclay, who wrote, "The weighty Truths of God were neglected, and, as it were, went into Desuetude."

Example Sentences

despite the long years of desuetude, the old manual typewriter seemed to work just fine

Recent Examples on the Web New England travel writer and physician Jonathan Brown visited Sans-Souci in the 1830s, long after the king’s suicide in 1820, when the palace had been completely pillaged and had fallen into utter desuetude.

Marlene Daut, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Oct. 2021 Some passengers, however, seem to have moved beyond our technological limitations to a conceptual world where human drivers have fallen into desuetude.

Peter Jakubowicz, Wired, 4 Sep. 2021 This Customs guidance has gone entirely unenforced for decades, but it was reissued — perhaps to keep it from desuetude — by the Obama administration in its final years.

Eugene Kontorovich, Washington Post, 17 July 2017 Glenn Close returns to the role of Norma Desmond in the 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, based on Billy Wilder’s classic portrait of Hollywood desuetude.

The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2017

单词	desuetudes
释义	desuetude noun de·sue·tude ˈde-swi-ˌtüd -ˌtyüd, di-ˈsü-ə- -ˈsyü- : discontinuance from use or exercise : disuse Did you know? Desuetude must be closely related to disuse, right? Wrong. Despite the similarities between them, desuetude and disuse derive from two different Latin verbs. Desuetude comes from suescere, a word that means "to become accustomed" (suescere also gave us the word custom). Disuse descends from uti, which means "to use." (That Latin word also gave us use and utility.) Although less common, desuetude hasn't fallen into desuetude yet, and it was put to good use in the past, as in the 17th-century writings of Scottish Quaker Robert Barclay, who wrote, "The weighty Truths of God were neglected, and, as it were, went into Desuetude." Synonyms disuse idleness inactivity See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences despite the long years of desuetude, the old manual typewriter seemed to work just fine Recent Examples on the Web New England travel writer and physician Jonathan Brown visited Sans-Souci in the 1830s, long after the king’s suicide in 1820, when the palace had been completely pillaged and had fallen into utter desuetude. Marlene Daut, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Oct. 2021 Some passengers, however, seem to have moved beyond our technological limitations to a conceptual world where human drivers have fallen into desuetude. Peter Jakubowicz, Wired, 4 Sep. 2021 This Customs guidance has gone entirely unenforced for decades, but it was reissued — perhaps to keep it from desuetude — by the Obama administration in its final years. Eugene Kontorovich, Washington Post, 17 July 2017 Glenn Close returns to the role of Norma Desmond in the 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, based on Billy Wilder’s classic portrait of Hollywood desuetude. The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2017 Word History Etymology Middle English dissuetude, from Latin desuetudo, from desuescere to become unaccustomed, from de- + suescere to become accustomed; akin to Latin sodalis comrade — more at sib First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined above Legal Definition desuetude noun de·sue·tude ˈde-swi-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd; di-ˈsü-ə-ˌtüd : a doctrine holding that a statute may be abrogated because of its long disuse History and Etymology for desuetude Latin desuetudo disuse, from desuescere to lose the habit of desuetudes noun plural of desuetude as in inactivities lack of use despite the long years of desuetude, the old manual typewriter seemed to work just fine Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance inactivities neglects disuses abandonments dormancies abeyances desertions quiescences latencies Antonyms & Near Antonyms uses
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