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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- desuetude [dɪ'sjuːɪ,tjuːd]
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n
[formal]
the condition of not being in use or practice; disuse
- those ceremonies had fallen into desuetude
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2.
n
[Etymology]
C15: from Latin d
e sue tu do , from de suescere to lay aside a habit, fromde- + suescere to grow accustomed
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1.
n
[formal]
the condition of not being in use or practice; disuse
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