Associations to the word «Desuetude»

Wiktionary

DESUETUDE, noun. Disuse, obsolescence (for example, the state of a custom that is no longer observed nor practised)

Dictionary definition

DESUETUDE, noun. A state of inactivity or disuse.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan