Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Out of use; fallen into desuetude.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Disused; out of use.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
disused ; out of use.
Etymologies
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Latin desuetus ("unused"), past participle of desuesco ("I disuse"), from de- + suesco ("I make use of").
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Examples
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Therefore the Congress is a readjustment of our vision to the everchanging conditions of society; desuete methods are dropped and methods more in harmony with the necessities of the times are examined, approved of and adopted.
Catholic Problems in Western Canada George Thomas Daly 1914
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Since the day of Mr. Brummell and King George, the noble art of self-adornment had fallen partially desuete.
The Works of Max Beerbohm Max Beerbohm 1914
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