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prettygoodworddesuetude - n., the state of no longer being used or practiced.
The cliche use is for something to fall into this. Has legal as well as practical uses. From Latin desuetudo, disuse, from desuescere, to become unaccustomed, from de-, away, from + suescere, to become used or accustomed.
---L.
The cliche use is for something to fall into this. Has legal as well as practical uses. From Latin desuetudo, disuse, from desuescere, to become unaccustomed, from de-, away, from + suescere, to become used or accustomed.
---L.
