† dissuetuden.
Obsolete. rare.
= desuetude n.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun]
disusage1475
disaccustomance1502
discustom1603
unaccustomedness1611
disaccustomedness1632
dissuetudea1639
desuetude1650
disusance1685
disuse1699
insuetude1828
unfashion1876
a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vi. 464 His long dissuetude of the Country-language..made him unuseful at first.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Disuse 1 Cessation of use, dissuetude; want of practice.
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