desuetus

  • 11desueto — /desu ɛto/ agg. [dal lat. desuetus, part. pass. di desuescĕre disavvezzare ], lett. 1. [non più avvezzo a qualche cosa, con la prep. a ] ▶◀ disabituato, (non com.) disavvezzo. ◀▶ abituato, avvezzo, solito, (lett.) uso. 2. [non più in uso, uscito… …

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  • 12desuetudine — /deswe tudine/ s.f. [dal lat. desuetudo udĭnis, der. di desuetus desueto ], lett. [il cessare da un comportamento o da un attività abituale] ▶◀ (non com.) disabitudine. ◀▶ abitudine, consuetudine, uso …

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  • 13desuetude — 1620s, from M.Fr. désuétude (16c.), from L. desuetudo disuse, from desuetus, pp. of desuescere become unaccustomed to, from de away, from (see DE (Cf. de )) + suescere become used to (see MANSUETUDE (Cf. mansuetude)) …

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  • 14desaccoustumer — Desaccoustumer, acut. C est Desusiter, oster, et faire perdre, et laisser l usage qu on avoit prins, Desuescere. Se desaccoustumer, Desuescere, Obsolere, Obsolescere, Obsolefieri. Petit à petit se desaccoustument, Minutatim desuefiunt. Ce qu il… …

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  • 15desuetude — [des′wi to͞od΄, des′wityo͞od΄] n. [ME < L desuetudo < desuetus, pp. of desuescere, to disuse < de , from + suescere, to be accustomed: see CUSTOM] the condition of not being used or practiced any more; disuse [laws fallen into desuetude] …

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  • 16de|suete — «dih SWEET», adjective. outdated; outmoded: »... our artistic history and heritage we learn backwards, astonished to find what were once hailed as strokes of trenchant originality emerging from earlier now neglected and desuete masters (Philip… …

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