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   desuetude

   /ˈdɛswɪtjuːd/

   noun

   • 1. a state of disuse: formal "the docks fell into desuetude"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘cessation’): from French, from Latin desuetudo, from desuet- ‘made unaccustomed’, from the verb desuescere, from de- (expressing reversal) + suescere ‘be accustomed’.

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