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Word of the Day – Desuetude

By June 21, 2021Word of the Day

Desuetude (noun)

des-yu-it-ude

A state of disuse.

Early 17th century (in the sense ‘cessation’): from French, from Latin desuetudo, from desuet- ‘made unaccustomed’, from the verb desuescere, from de- (expressing reversal) + suescere ‘be accustomed’.

Example sentences

“The docks had fallen into a state of desuetude over the years.”

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