Associations to the word «Desuetude»
Verb
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Wiktionary
DESUETUDE, noun. Disuse, obsolescence (for example, the state of a custom that is no longer observed nor practised)
Dictionary definition
DESUETUDE, noun. A state of inactivity or disuse.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.