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单词 desuetude
释义 des·ue·tude
\ˈdeswē]ˌtüd, -swə̇], ].ˌtyüd also deˈsüə] sometimes ˈdezw- or ˈdeˌsü- or ˈdesˌyü-\ noun
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Etymology: French or Latin; French désuétude, from Latin desuetudo, from desuetus, past participle of desuescere to become unaccustomed, from de- + suescere to become accustomed; akin to Latin suus one's own — more at suicide
1. : discontinuance from use, practice, exercise, or functioning
 < as to the Scottish statute it is presumably abrogated by desuetude — Frederick Pollock >
 < vexing myself today over the gradual desuetude of our correspondence — A.T.Quiller-Couch >
 < figureheads … are being used again after long years of desuetude — John Woodyatt >
 < there are those who foresee total desuetude for our society with the profit motive thus wantonly eliminated — Irwin Edman >
2. : a state of protracted suspension or of apparent abandonment
 < an ancient custom that has fallen into desuetude >
 < we all have this profound unconscious, but it falls into atrophy and desuetude because most of us do not utilize it — L.K.Anspacher >
: a state of disuse or neglect attended by deterioration
 < what energy and vision may do for an old school fast falling into desuetude — J.P.Marquand >
: outmoded or discarded status
 < the purely speculative and seemingly impractical things should have fallen into disfavor and disrepute, if not positive desuetude — F.X.Meehan >
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