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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats