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DESUETUDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does desuetude mean?
• DESUETUDE (noun)
The noun DESUETUDE has 1 sense:
1. a state of inactivity or disuse
Familiarity information: DESUETUDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of inactivity or disuse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("desuetude" is a kind of...):
inaction; inactiveness; inactivity (the state of being inactive)
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