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- DictionaryDes·ue·tude/ˈdeswəˌto͞od/
noun
- 1. a state of disuse: formal "the docks fell into desuetude"
The meaning of DESUETUDE is discontinuance from use or exercise : disuse. Did you know?
DESUETUDE definition: 1. the principle that laws can stop having any legal force when they have not been used for a long…. Learn more.
DESUETUDE meaning: 1. the principle that laws can stop having any legal force when they have not been used for a long…. Learn more.
Desuetude definition: the state of being no longer used or practiced.. See examples of DESUETUDE used in a sentence.
Use the noun desuetude to say that something is not active or not being used, like the desuetude of a neglected park, with its overgrown ballfields and broken playground equipment.
desuetude in British English. (dɪˈsjuːɪˌtjuːd , ˈdɛswɪtjuːd ) noun. formal. the condition of not being in use or practice; disuse. those ceremonies had fallen into desuetude. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin.
desuetude. ( dɪˈsjuːɪˌtjuːd; ˈdɛswɪtjuːd) n. formal the condition of not being in use or practice; disuse: those ceremonies had fallen into desuetude. [C15: from Latin dēsuētūdō, from dēsuescere to lay aside a habit, from de- + suescere to grow accustomed]