Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

desuete

/ˈdɛswɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: desuete
IPA: /ˈdɛswɪt/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Disused; out of use.

Example Sentences

"Every act that has not been repealed or expired is given, it being apprehended that no statute can ever according to the English law, technically speaking, become desuete or obsolete."
"Since the day of Mr. Brummell and King George, the noble art of self-adornment had fallen partially desuete."
"According to modern methods the intermediate entry is dispensed with, also the desuete Day-book, the first entry being made in books specially designed, and the final entry in the Ledger, the design of which is continued in its primitive simplicity."
"These opinions, founded on desuete customs are generally erroneous."
"Scarce seemeth it true that man can believe A human mind would such horrors conceive, As there were enwrought out of red men's bones, And bodies desuete, responsive to spells By which man keeps them, until he atones For the worship of self, which in all men dwells;"

Etymology

Probably via Italian, from Latin dēsuētus (“unused”), past participle of dēsuēscō (“to disuse”), from dē- + suēscō (“to make use of”).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: -, dēsuētus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdɛswɪt/

Inflected Forms

more desuete (comparative) most desuete (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce desuete?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɛswɪt/.
What does desuete mean?: Disused; out of use.
Where does desuete come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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