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desuete

adj

Etymology

Probably via Italian, from Latin dēsuētus (“unused”), past participle of dēsuēscō (“to disuse”), from dē- + suēscō (“to make use of”).

  1. derived from dēsuētus

Definitions

  1. Disused

    Disused; out of use.

    • Every act that has not been repealed or expired is given, it being apprehended that no statute can ever according to the English law, technically speaking, become desuete or obsolete.
    • Since the day of Mr. Brummell and King George, the noble art of self-adornment had fallen partially desuete.

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