desuetude

English - Turkish

Definition of desuetude in English Turkish dictionary

yürürlükten kaldırma

kullanmama

yürürIükten kalkma

{i} yürürlükten kalkma

geçersizlik

Related Terms

fall into desuetude

yürürlükten kalkmak

fall into desuetude

kullanılmamak

English - English

Definition of desuetude in English English dictionary

disuse, obsolescence (for example, the state of a custom that is no longer observed nor practised)

we of the house of Ravenswood do our endeavour in keeping up, by all just and lawful exertion of our baronial authority, that due and fitting connexion betwixt superior and vassal, which is in some danger of falling into desuetude, owing to the general license and misrule of these present unhappy times.

{n} the discontinuence of a custom, disuse

{i} state of nonuse, neglect

a state of inactivity or disuse

The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion

Related Terms

fallen into desuetude

be in a state of disuse

Hyphenation

des·ue·tude

Etymology

[ 'de-swi-"tüd, -"tyüd ] (noun.) 15th century. Middle English dissuetude, from Latin desuetudo, from desuescere to become unaccustomed, from de- + suescere to become accustomed; akin to Latin sodalis comrade; more at SIB.